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The ultimate ride : a comparative narrative analysis of action sequences in 1980s and contemporary Hollywood action cinema Ghent University
Mending the wounds of war : a framework for the analysis of the representation of conflict-related trauma and reconciliation in cinema Ghent University
Male action heroes and the racialized body Ghent University
Faces of evil : enemy image construction in the American action film Ghent University
Vivisecting the Villain : a framework for the analysis of enemy image construction in cinema. Ghent University
Mapping the menace : a quantitative content analysis on enemy image construction in the American action thriller Ghent University
This Working Paper critically investigates the presence of enemy images in the American action thriller genre. First, a theoretical framework is assembled by combining insights from conflict studies, genre theory and critical discourse analysis. Through a quantitative content analysis of 180 films in a 36 years period (1981-2016), an explorative mapping is given of dominant enemy identities, themes and generic conventions. Results show a large ...