This research aims to examine the figure of the american hero in cinema, understood as aheroic figure and not just a main character. By waving aside the idea of a Golden Age for thehero (which could be embodied by classic Hollywood characters) followed by a decadent era(the new Hollywood), we wish to focus - beyond the heroes themselves - on their heroism,especially in a genre considered as the ideal context for harvesting new Herculeses: the actionfilm. Heroism is revealed as being critical, meaning in crisis - in other words, heroes live theirheroism on a conflictual mode, which results in images showing impossible corporeities,where the body is pushed to borderline states. We have thus treated this concept of heroismby searching for its ...
International audienceIs violence a means of emancipation? While the issue already raises so...
Action films, particularly American Action films from the 90s, offer the body a means of expression ...
The saint and the hero are more than simply two versions of the same model that would have been adap...
Cette recherche se propose d'examiner la figure du héros américain de cinéma, en tant que figure hér...
International audienceWe propose to study national heroes, not as lonely towering figures far above ...
For over eighty years, superheroes have occupied an important place in our cultural space. This new ...
The main topic of this doctoral thesis is the study of the decline of the superhero icon in American...
After 9/11, the figure of the superhero portrayed by Hollywood films was the subject of metaphorical...
Depuis 1956, le cinéma britannique a régulièrement utilisé la figure du 'working class hero' pour re...
Ce travail traite de la question du héros dans notre hypermodernité. Il y aurait certes, quelque cho...
Some contemporary heroes are tragic, strange marginal heroes. I am interested inreflecting on some o...
L'objectif de cette thèse est de montrer le déclin de la figure du superhéros dans les films américa...
The ideal hero has been subjected to change based on the ever-evolving values of American culture. W...
Textbooks and manuals on management suggest that managers are heroes who deal with difficult problem...
Comment, à la fin du XXe siècle, le road movie de cavale réinvente-t-il le héros populaire états-uni...
International audienceIs violence a means of emancipation? While the issue already raises so...
Action films, particularly American Action films from the 90s, offer the body a means of expression ...
The saint and the hero are more than simply two versions of the same model that would have been adap...
Cette recherche se propose d'examiner la figure du héros américain de cinéma, en tant que figure hér...
International audienceWe propose to study national heroes, not as lonely towering figures far above ...
For over eighty years, superheroes have occupied an important place in our cultural space. This new ...
The main topic of this doctoral thesis is the study of the decline of the superhero icon in American...
After 9/11, the figure of the superhero portrayed by Hollywood films was the subject of metaphorical...
Depuis 1956, le cinéma britannique a régulièrement utilisé la figure du 'working class hero' pour re...
Ce travail traite de la question du héros dans notre hypermodernité. Il y aurait certes, quelque cho...
Some contemporary heroes are tragic, strange marginal heroes. I am interested inreflecting on some o...
L'objectif de cette thèse est de montrer le déclin de la figure du superhéros dans les films américa...
The ideal hero has been subjected to change based on the ever-evolving values of American culture. W...
Textbooks and manuals on management suggest that managers are heroes who deal with difficult problem...
Comment, à la fin du XXe siècle, le road movie de cavale réinvente-t-il le héros populaire états-uni...
International audienceIs violence a means of emancipation? While the issue already raises so...
Action films, particularly American Action films from the 90s, offer the body a means of expression ...
The saint and the hero are more than simply two versions of the same model that would have been adap...