The American West On Film Myth And Reality
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The American West on Film Myth and Reality
Author | : Richard A. Maynard |
Publsiher | : Hayden Books |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105036007701 |
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Compares the reality of Western history with its Hollywood treatment in movies.
The American West on Film
Author | : Richard A. Maynard |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:982195944 |
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Hollywood Westerns and American Myth
Author | : Robert B. Pippin |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2010-06-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780300145786 |
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In this pathbreaking book one of America’s most distinguished philosophers brilliantly explores the status and authority of law and the nature of political allegiance through close readings of three classic Hollywood Westerns: Howard Hawks’ Red River and John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Searchers.Robert Pippin treats these films as sophisticated mythic accounts of a key moment in American history: its “second founding,” or the western expansion. His central question concerns how these films explore classical problems in political psychology, especially how the virtues of a commercial republic gained some hold on individuals at a time when the heroic and martial virtues were so important. Westerns, Pippin shows, raise central questions about the difference between private violence and revenge and the state’s claim to a legitimate monopoly on violence, and they show how these claims come to be experienced and accepted or rejected.Pippin’s account of the best Hollywood Westerns brings this genre into the center of the tradition of political thought, and his readings raise questions about political psychology and the political passions that have been neglected in contemporary political thought in favor of a limited concern with the question of legitimacy.
American Studies
Author | : Jack Salzman,American Studies Association |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 980 |
Release | : 1986-08-29 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0521266874 |
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A major three-volume bibliography, including an additional supplement, of an annotated listing of American Studies monographs published between 1900 and 1988.
Dramatic Revisions of Myths Fairy Tales and Legends
Author | : Verna A. Foster |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2012-10-10 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780786465125 |
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These new essays explore the ways in which contemporary dramatists have retold or otherwise made use of myths, fairy tales and legends from a variety of cultures, including Greek, West African, North American, Japanese, and various parts of Europe. The dramatists discussed range from well-established playwrights such as Tony Kushner, Caryl Churchill, and Timberlake Wertenbaker to new theatrical stars such as Sarah Ruhl and Tarell Alvin McCraney. The book contributes to the current discussion of adaptation theory by examining the different ways, and for what purposes, plays revise mythic stories and characters. The essays contribute to studies of literary uses of myth by focusing on how recent dramatists have used myths, fairy tales and legends to address contemporary concerns, especially changing representations of women and the politics of gender relations but also topics such as damage to the environment and political violence.
The Psychology of the Western
Author | : William Indick |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2014-11-21 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780786492114 |
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Western films are often considered sprawling reflections of the American spirit. This book analyzes the archetypes, themes, and figures within the mythology of the western frontier. Western themes are interpreted as expressions of cultural needs that perform specific psychological functions for the audience. Chapters are devoted to the frontier hero character, the roles of women and Native Americans, and the work of the genre's most prolific directors, Anthony Mann and John Ford. The book includes a filmography and movie stills. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
The US Mexico Border in American Cold War Film
Author | : Stephanie Fuller |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2016-04-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781137535603 |
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Through an analysis of Cold War Era films including Border Incident , Where Danger Lives , and Touch of Evil , Stephanie Fuller illustrates how cinema across genres developed an understanding of what the U.S.-Mexico border meant within the American cultural imaginary and the ways in which it worked to produce the border.
Showdown Confronting Modern America in the Western Film
Author | : John H. Lenihan |
Publsiher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0252012542 |
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Showdown is a study of America's oldest, most representative film genre, the Western movie from the perspective of social allegory. It assesses scores of major and minor films to show how Westerns function as vehicles for contemporary social and political critiques of American life.