The creation of the cowboy hero : fiction, film and fact /
"As business interests have commercialized the American West and publishers and studios have created a compelling image of the West, the expectations of readers and moviegoers have influenced public perception of the cowboy as a hero figure. This book describes the evolution of the Western cowb...
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Format: | Elektroniczne E-book |
Język: | angielski |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2015]
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Dostęp online: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Spis treści:
- There have to be heroes
- The legend begins
- The lure of the dime novels
- The great showman
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- More and more wild west shows
- Our cowboy heroes
- Flickering images
- Tom Mix and the flashy showmen
- Pulp magazines and mass-market paperbacks
- Warbling cowboys and the silver screen
- Brooding heroes
- And a suitable heroine
- Violence returns
- The image persists.