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Fistful of Icons: Essays on Frontier Fixtures of the American Western

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After a century of reinvention and, frequently, reinterpretation, Western movies continue to contribute to the cultural understanding of the United States. And Western archetypes remain as important emblems of the American experience, relating a complex and coded narrative about heroism and morality, masculinity and femininity, westward expansion and technological progress, and assimilation and settlement.

In this collection of new essays, 21 contributors from around the globe examine the "cowboy cool" iconography of film and television Westerns--from bounty hunters in buckskin jackets to denizens of seedy saloons and lonely deserts, from Cecil B. DeMille and John Ford to Steve McQueen and Budd Boetticher, Jr.

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  • McFarland Brand
  • Jul 13, 2017 Pub Date:
  • 0786498048 ISBN-10:
  • 9780786498048 ISBN-13:
  • English Language
  • 9 in * 0.62 in * 6 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: