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Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema (1st Edition) by Yvonne Tasker Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 1993 ISBN-10: 0-415-09224-8 / 0415092248 ISBN-13: 978-0-415-09224-1 / 9780415092241 While films such as Rambo, Thelma and Louise and Basic Instinct have operated as major points of cultural reference in recent years, popular action cinema remains neglected within contemporary film criticism.Spectacular Bodies unravels the complexities and pleasures of a genre often dismissed as `ob |