>Does anyone know of genre-studies done on action-films?... An interesting gender analysis of the genre is given in Yvonne Tasker's 'Spectacular bodies : gender, genre, and the action cinema'. Routledge 1993. Kay C. Kay Weaver. Department of Film and Television Studies. University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105. Hamilton. New Zealand . Tel&Fax: ( 00 64) (0) 7 8384543. Email: [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.