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From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western by Patrick McGee (English) Hardc
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- 9781405139649
- Book Title
- From Shane to Kill Bill
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- 9781405139649
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1405139641
ISBN-13
9781405139649
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50476944
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
From Shane to Kill Bill : Rethinking the Western
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Film / Genres / Westerns, Film / History & Criticism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts
Series
New Approaches to Film Genre Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-032201
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
McGee is an astute observer of United States culture who offers trenchant discussion of the Western genre. He chooses his films strategically and reveals their textual strategies and historical meanings." Stan Corkin, University of Cincinnati, "McGee has written a rich, ambitious book. ... McGee's readings are richly informed by the work of his predecessors, and they are invariably thoughtful, bold, and challenging. Probably every reader who has seen the films discussed will find things to quarrel with, but almost certainly every reader will also find McGee's arguments a powerful inducement to give these films another careful look. Summing Up: Highly recommended." -- CHOICE, September 2007"McGee is an astute observer of United States culture who offers trenchant discussion of the Western genre. He chooses his films strategically and reveals their textual strategies and historical meanings." Stan Corkin, University of Cincinnati, "Each chapter has a thesis explored at length, with analysis of selected films. The selection of film analyzed is well chosen with celebrated classics as well as the offbeat." ( Journal of Film and Video , Fall 2009) "McGee has written a rich, ambitious book. ... McGee's readings are richly informed by the work of his predecessors, and they are invariably thoughtful, bold, and challenging. Probably every reader who has seen the films discussed will find things to quarrel with, but almost certainly every reader will also find McGee's arguments a powerful inducement to give these films another careful look. Summing Up: Highly recommended." -- CHOICE, September 2007 "McGee is an astute observer of United States culture who offers trenchant discussion of the Western genre. He chooses his films strategically and reveals their textual strategies and historical meanings." Stan Corkin, University of Cincinnati, "McGee is an astute observer of United States culture who offers trenchant discussion of the Western genre. He chooses his films strategically and reveals their textual strategies and historical meanings." -- Stan Corkin, University of Cincinnati
Series Volume Number
Vol. 1
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
791.43/6278
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations. Preface. 1. Why Shane Never Comes Back. Alan Ladd's Face. What Shane Wants. Why Shane Wears a Blue Collar. Why Shane's Gun Sounds Like an Atom Bomb. 2. The Political Origin of the Western. Owen Wister Went West. The West Went to Hollywood. Marx Goes West. 3. Crossing the Border. Jefferson's Double-Cross (Stagecoach and Destry Rides Again). The Virginian Crossed Out (The Westerner). 4. Revolutionary Hysteria. The Hysterical Fascist Killer (Duel in the Sun). Notorious Ladies (Johnny Guitar and The Quick and. the Dead). 5. Bad Fathers Make Good Sons. Shoot the Father (My Darling Clementine). Don't Shoot the Father (Red River). Forget the Father (The Searchers). 6. Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. The Gunfighter and the Proletariat. The Man Who Did Not Corrupt Hadleyville (High Noon). The Men Who Save John Wayne (Rio Bravo). The Man Who Shot John Wayne (The Man Who Shot Liberty. Valance). 7. Magnificent Corpses. Redemption through Destruction. The Winners Are the Losers (The Magnificent Seven). Only Death Will Do (The Wild Bunch). 8. Death's Landscape. The Uses of the Dead. Two Kinds of Men (The Dollars Trilogy). Get Out of the Way (Once Upon a Time in the West and. A Fistful of Dynamite). Transcendence on a Pale Horse (The Eastwood Westerns). 9. Western Armageddon. All Men Are Poets (McCabe and Mrs. Miller). The Multitude at Heaven's Gate (Heaven's Gate). Conclusion: Kill Bill, or Why Shane Always Comes Back. References. Index
Synopsis
Original and compelling, From Shane to Kill Bill rethinks what American Western film has to offer us as a genre. Westerns have succeeded in dramatizing the individual, defining the frontier myth, and promoting the limits of masculinity. In tracing the development of the Western from 1939 to the present, this entertaining book demonstrates that the genre is also a successful vehicle for articulating class resentments and the social contradictions in American culture. Offering sensitive readings that extend and deepen our understanding of the American West from Shane, Stagecoach, and The Searchers to Heavenrs" s Gate, Unforgiven, and Kill Bill this book discusses the Western in new and insightful ways. McGee appreciates the limits of this film genre, but also articulates its positive political value as an expression of social desires typically unspoken in American public discourse. Informative and compelling, this book suggests new understandings of this much-discussed genre., Original and compelling, From Shane to Kill Bill rethinks what American Western film has to offer us as a genre. Westerns have succeeded in dramatizing the individual, defining the frontier myth, and promoting the limits of masculinity. In tracing the development of the Western from 1939 to the present, this entertaining book demonstrates that the genre is also a successful vehicle for articulating class resentments and the social contradictions in American culture. Offering sensitive readings that extend and deepen our understanding of the American West from Shane , Stagecoach, and The Searchers to Heaven s Gate , Unforgiven , and Kill Bill this book discusses the Western in new and insightful ways. McGee appreciates the limits of this film genre, but also articulates its positive political value as an expression of social desires typically unspoken in American public discourse. Informative and compelling, this book suggests new understandings of this much-discussed genre., From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western is an original and compelling critical history of the American Western film. Provides an insightful overview of the American Western genre Covers the entire history of the Western, from 1939 to the present Analyses Westerns as products of a genre, as well as expressions of political and social desires Deepens an audience's understanding of the genre's most important works, including Shane, Stagecoach , The Searchers, Unforgiven , and Kill Bill Contains numerous illustrations of the films and issues discussed., From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western is an original and compelling critical history of the American Western film.
LC Classification Number
PN1995.9.W4M37 2007
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