Dream West : politics and religion in cowboy movies /
"Overturns conventional thinking that the Western genre is essentially conservative. Instead, Brode demonstrates that Hollywood liberals used Westerns to espouse a progressive agenda on a range of issues, including gun control, environmental protection, respect for non-Christian belief systems,...
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| Format: | Electrònic eBook |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2013.
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| Edició: | First edition. |
| Col·lecció: | Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;
no. 41. |
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| Accés en línia: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| Sumari: | "Overturns conventional thinking that the Western genre is essentially conservative. Instead, Brode demonstrates that Hollywood liberals used Westerns to espouse a progressive agenda on a range of issues, including gun control, environmental protection, respect for non-Christian belief systems, and community cohesion versus rugged individualism. Doug Brode takes a new look at dozens of Westerns, including Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Red River, 3:10 to Yuma (old and new), The Wild Ones, High Noon, My Darling Clementine, The Alamo, and No Country for Old Men"-- |
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| Descripció física: | 1 online resource (391 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780292745568 (e-book) |