Studies the cultural impact and audience reception of King Kong from the 1933 release of the original film until today. In Tracking King Kong Cynthia Erb charts the cultural significance of the character of King Kong, from the early 1930s, when Merian C. Cooper...
Drawing upon recent reception and cultural theories as well as production and archival documents, Tracking King Kong examines the King Kong figure in a range of cultural contexts and institutional settings. The successes of Jurassic Park and The Lost World have refocused attention...