ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RAMBOESQUE
After Rambo, First Blood II, released in Britain 1985.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAMBOESQUE»
Discover the use of
Ramboesque in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Ramboesque and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
French Film: Texts and Contexts
According to Besson the triangular relationship between Nikita, Bob and Marco
came over more strongly in the film than it had done on paper so he could not
stick to the original ending which, in his words, was to be a Ramboesque firework
...
Susan Hayward, Ginette Vincendeau, 2014
over more strongly in the film than it had done on paper, he could not stick to the
original ending which, in his words, was to be a Ramboesque firework display.49
A third version, which he scripted for the American remake but which never got ...
ual or a small group of Americans attempting to rescue POWs, or the same
personnel performing amazing deeds against overwhelming odds as they fight
drug dealers and other street riffraff back home. The makers of Ramboesque
films ...
Michael Lee Lanning, 1994
4
The Company They Keep: Life Inside the U.S. Army Special Forces
The Company They Keep explores the crucial characteristic of a Special Forces soldier: how each member must be able to think and function independently, while simultaneously being a member of an intensely small and close-knit team.
5
Evil Is Evil , Good Is God
"You need to see our Madam, the Matron Madam," asserted the semi—manly
man in a markedly Ramboesque tone and pointed towards a probably bolted
light brown woody door of an edifice barely ten metres ahead of her. He was
shown ...
6
The Pursuit of Certainty: Religious and Cultural Formulations
The US evangelist's face appeared between the giant cut-out figures of several
Tamil movie stars in Ramboesque poses. Since they cannot broadcast on state
radio in India, these evangelists buy time on such stations as Radio Ceylon and ...
Professor of Social Anthropology Wendy James, Wendy James, 2003
7
The Bengal Borderland: Beyond State and Nation in South Asia
... of internationalization, especially immigration.31 It was only by means of a '
Ramboesque reaffirmation of national boundaries' (trade and immigration
restrictions, currency controls, militaristic display, the United Nations) that states
were able ...
Willem van Schendel, 2005
8
The Vietnam War and Postmodernity
However, the late seventies and eighties saw the appearance of certain texts,
both literary and cinematic, that began a process of de- historicization leading to
the Reagan era's Ramboesque follies. Films such as The Deer Hunter 1 1978j
and ...
9
The Bamboo Cage: The Full Story of the American Servicemen ...
Naturally, it is seen as a pretty right-wing, Ramboesque, outfit. Its main aim,
though, is to promote the case of the MI As . In 1987 the American Defense
Institute offered a $2.4 million reward to any Laotian, Khmer or Vietnamese who
comes out ...
10
Ethnic Nationalism: The Tragic Death of Yugoslavia
Then there are volunteers, in the hundreds, organized by Belgrade gangsters (
junkyard owners and black marketers). These are refugees from movies about
Marseilles gangsters and the resistance; they dress in Ramboesque costumes
and ...
Bogdan Denis Denitch, 1996
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAMBOESQUE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Ramboesque is used in the context of the following news items.
Maddow Heaves NY Times Under the Bus in Ongoing Feud With …
... her June 3 show that the Pentagon "made up" a narrative of Army Private Jessica Lynch as a Ramboesque super-soldier who bravely fought off Iraqi attackers, ... «NewsBusters, Jun 14»
The Slugfest in the Executive Suite
So it goes in the Ramboesque world of cage fighting, more politely known as mixed martial arts. In this hugely popular — not to mention lucrative — sport, ... «New York Times, Feb 13»
Thailand unrest: a profile of Major-General Khattiya
The Ramboesque, self-styled warrior who commanded the guards of the "red shirt" anti-government protest movement died in hospital on Monday, after being ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 10»
In All His Glory
As well, it is widely popular to use adjectives such as Ramboesque, Ramboid, or Ramboism, to denote an ideological position that resembles Rambo's attitude ... «PopMatters, Dec 08»
