Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon in World Culture (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series)
by: Cynthia Erb (Author)
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Publication Date: 10 April 2009
Language: English
Print Length: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 081433430X
ISBN-13: 9780814334300
Book Description
In Tracking King Kong Cynthia Erb charts the cultural significance of the character of King Kong, from the early 1930s, when Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack’s classic film King Kong was first released, to Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake. Although King Kong has received much academic attention over the past twenty-five years, the bulk of these analyses deal with the film’s human characters rather than Kong himself. In this revised edition of an influential study, Erb argues that King Kong is a particular kind of cultural outsider who represents a cross-penetration of American notions of exoticism and monstrosity. Tracking King Kong considers problems such as race and gender in the King Kong tradition, as well as historical, international, and contemporary audience and fan responses to this classic film and its popular protagonist.
About the Author
Review A work of insight, scholarship, and substance, 'Tracking King Kong' is informed, informative, and a highly recommended, core addition to academic library Film Studies history and reference collections."-- "The Midwest Book Review"
Book Description Studies the cultural impact and audience reception of King Kong from the 1933 release of the original film until today.
About the Author Cynthia Erb is associate professor of film and English at Wayne State University.
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