Providing a critical analysis of the greatest film-makers of the Western genre, this text examines how their work has been challenged by revisionist historical accounts and by movements such as feminism, postmodernism, multiculturalism and psychoanalysis.
Providing a critical analysis of the greatest film-makers of the Western genre, this text examines how their work has been challenged by revisionist historical accounts and by movements such as feminism, postmodernism, multiculturalism and psychoanalysis.
Providing a critical analysis of the greatest film-makers of the Western genre, this text examines how their work has been challenged by revisionist historical accounts and by movements such as feminism, postmodernism, multiculturalism and psychoanalysis.
In Imagined Frontiers, urban historian and popular culture scholar Carl Abbott looks at the work of American artists who have used novels, film, television, maps, and occasionally even performance art to explore these frontiers-the metropolitan frontier of suburban development, …
"We live near the edge - whether in a settlement at the core of the Rockies, a gated community tucked into the wilds of the Santa Monica Mountains, a silicon culture emerging in the suburbs, or, in the future, homesteading on a terraformed Mars. In Imagined Frontiers, urban hist…
"The theme of death is an essential component of film narrative, particularly in how it affects the hero. Filmmakers from different cultures and backgrounds have developed distinct yet archetypical perspectives on death and the protagonist's response. Focusing on Western and Jap…
"They went that-a-way!" The gesturing arm pointed into the fading sun, setting the scene for an hour of action and adventure many memorable Saturday afternoons long ago. As the travelogue faded from the darkened screen, a matinee audience filled with kids hoarse from shrieking a…
"This carefully curated collection focuses on a wide range of post-classical era cult Westerns from around the world, offering new critical insights into key films belonging to this important and enduring film genre"--
"This carefully curated collection focuses on a wide range of post-classical era cult Westerns from around the world, offering new critical insights into key films belonging to this important and enduring film genre"--
"This carefully curated collection focuses on a wide range of post-classical era cult Westerns from around the world, offering new critical insights into key films belonging to this important and enduring film genre"--
