Nils Bothmann applies antiessentialist genre theory to study the fusion of the action and the detection genre in the hybrid genre of detAction, focusing on the work of screenwriter and director Shane Black. After providing antiessentialist definitions of all three genres, the author undertakes close readings of Black’s work in order to analyze depictions of race and gender as well as the role of intermediality and genre hybridity in detAction.

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Cologne, Germany

Nils Bothmann

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Dr. Nils Bothmann is a film and media scholar. His research interests include genre theory, action movies, gender and crime fiction.

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Book Title: Action, Detection and Shane Black
Book Subtitle: Antiessentialist Genre Theory and Its Application
Authors: Nils Bothmann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-24078-3
Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-24077-6Published: 19 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-24078-3Published: 11 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 344
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: American Cinema and TV, Popular Culture , Genre

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction: Genre, Authorship and Shane Black

Genre Theory

The Action Genre

The Detection Genre

The DetAction Genre

Close Readings of Shane Black’s Work

Conclusion: The State of DetAction

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