The thrill makers : celebrity, masculinity, and stunt performance / Jacob Smith.

Well before Evel Knievel or Hollywood stuntmen, reality television or the X Games, North America had a long tradition of stunt performance, of men (and some women) who sought media attention and popular fame with public feats of daring. Many of these feats--jumping off bridges, climbing steeples and...

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Main Author: Smith, Jacob, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
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