The Thrill Makers: Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance

by JacobSmith (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2012

  $44.93

  Shows how bridge jumpers, human flies, lion tamers, and stunt pilots first drew crowds to their spectacular displays of death-defying action before becoming a crucial, yet often invisible, component of Hollywood film stardom. This title explains how these working-class stunt performers helped shape definitions of American manhood.