| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 273 pages) : illustrations |
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Culture and the moving image |
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Culture and the moving image.
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| Contents |
Cowboys, free markets, Wyatt Earp, and Thomas Dunson : My darling Clementine and Red River -- Melodrama and the feminine means to empire : Duel in the sun, Pursued, and Fort Apache -- Cold War westerns and the law of the gun : Broken arrow and The gunfighter -- Korea, containment, and nationalism : High noon, Shane, and The searchers -- Modernization theory, political discord, and intervention : Gunfight at the OK Corral, The magnificent seven, and The Alamo -- Imperialist nostalgia and the road to Vietnam : Lonely are the brave, Ride the high country, and The man who shot Liberty Valance |
| Summary |
Though the United States emerged from World War II with superpower status and quickly entered a period of economic prosperity, the stresses and contradictions of the Cold War nevertheless cast a shadow over American life. The same period marked the heyday of the western film. Cowboys as Cold Warriors shows that this was no coincidence. It examines many of the significant westerns released between 1946 and 1962, analyzing how they responded to and influenced the cultural climate of the country. Author Stanley Corkin discusses a dozen films in detail, connecting them to each other and to numerou |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Western films -- United States -- History and criticism
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Cold War in motion pictures.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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ART -- Film & Video.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Cold War (1945-1989) in motion pictures
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Western films
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Western Film
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Metapher
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Internationale Politik
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Wild-westfilms.
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Westerns -- États-Unis -- 1945-1960 -- Histoire et critique.
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Westerns -- États-Unis -- 1960-1990 -- Histoire et critique.
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Guerre froide -- Au cinéma.
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Cinéma et politique -- États-Unis -- 1945-1990.
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003067201 |
| ISBN |
9781439905685 |
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1439905681 |
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1299833470 |
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9781299833470 |
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