"Film." . . . . . . . . . "The thrill makers : Celebrity, masculinity, and stunt performance" . . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . "˜Theœ thrill makers celebrity, masculinity, and stunt performance" . . "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 buildings, swimming incredible distances, or doing tricks with wild animals--had their basis in the manual trades or in older entertainments like the circus. Jacob Smith shows how turn-of-the-century bridge jumpers, human flies, lion tamers, and stunt pilots first drew crowds to watch them." . "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 buildings, swimming incredible distances, or doing tricks with wild animals--had their basis in the manual trades or in older entertainments like the circus. Jacob Smith shows how turn-of-the-century bridge jumpers, human flies, lion tamers, and stunt pilots first drew crowds to watch them."@en . . "\"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 buildings, swimming incredible distances, or doing tricks with wild animals -- had their basis in the manual trades or in older entertainments like the circus. In The Thrill Makers, Jacob Smith shows how turn-of-the-century 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. Smith explains how these working-class stunt performers helped shape definitions of American manhood, and pioneered a form of modern media celebrity that now occupies an increasingly prominent place in our contemporary popular culture.\"--Publisher's description." . . . . . . . "Online-Publikation" . . . . . . . . . . "The thrill makers celebrity, masculinity, and stunt performance"@en . "The thrill makers celebrity, masculinity, and stunt performance" . . . . . . . . "The Thrill Makers : Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance" . . "History" . "History"@en . . . . . . "The thrill makers : celebrity, masculinity, and stunt performance" . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . "Stuntman." . . "STUNTMEN AND -WOMEN/USA" . . "Stunt performers." . . "Stunt performers" . "Daredevils United States History." . . "Stunt performers United States." . . "Fine Arts." . . "PERFORMING ARTS Acting & Auditioning." . . "PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video Reference." . . "Berühmte Persönlichkeit." . . "Acrobates (arts) États-Unis Histoire." . . "Smith, Jacob" . . "Daredevils." . . "Daredevils" . "Geschichte 1850-1920." . . "STUNTING" . . "Theater." . . "HISTORY United States General." . . "Stunt performers United States History." . . "ART Film & Video." . . . . "Cascadeurs États-Unis Histoire." . . "USA/1895-1930" . . "USA." . . "Show." . . "United States." . . "United States" .