This collection of ground-breaking articles examines problems romance presents in the American Western. Looking at cinematic masterpieces and cult classics, this book offers readers important and challenging insights into the complicated (and often conflicted) nature of love and…
This collection of ground-breaking articles examines problems romance presents in the American Western. Looking at cinematic masterpieces and cult classics, this book offers readers important and challenging insights into the complicated (and often conflicted) nature of love and…
This collection of ground-breaking articles examines problems romance presents in the American Western. Looking at cinematic masterpieces and cult classics, this book offers readers important and challenging insights into the complicated (and often conflicted) nature of love and…
This text is the first theoretical and critical attempt to place Peckinpah within the 2,000-year-old tradition of western tragedy. This tragic tradition is represented in Peckinpah's art in numerous ways. Films covered include Ride the High Country, Noon Wine, The Wild Bunch, Pa…
"This text is the first theoretical and critical attempt to place Peckinpah within the 2,000-year-old tradition of western tragedy. This tragic tradition is represented in Peckinpah's art in numerous ways. Films covered include Ride the High Country, Noon Wine, The Wild Bunch, P…
"This text is the first theoretical and critical attempt to place Peckinpah within the 2,000-year-old tradition of western tragedy. This tragic tradition is represented in Peckinpah's art in numerous ways. Films covered include Ride the High Country, Noon Wine, The Wild Bunch, P…
Undead in the West II: they just keep coming
This companion to Undead in the West (Scarecrow 2012) explores the blending of the Western genre with zombies, vampires, mummies, ghosts, and spirits in comics, graphic novels, literature, games, new media, fandom and material culture.
Essays on the hybrid Western/horror genre in film, literature, sequential art, gaming, and fan culture.
An innovative study of the successful indie film Brokeback Mountain.
This text examines 'Brokeback Mountain' in relationship to the genres of the western and melodrama.
Upon its release in 2005, Brokeback Mountain became a major cultural event and a milestone in independent American filmmaking. Based on the short story by Annie Proulx and directed by Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain situated a love story between two closeted cowboys at the heart of …