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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 cowboy he...

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Huvudupphov: Agnew, Jeremy (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Utgiven: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
Ämnen:
Western films > United States > History and criticism.
Cowboys in popular culture.
Western stories > History and criticism.
West (U.S.) > In motion pictures.
West (U.S.) > In literature.
Electronic books.
Länkar:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Sammanfattning:"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 cowboy hero as a mythic persona created by dime novels, television and Hollywood"--
Fysisk beskrivning:1 online resource (245 pages)
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781476618142 (e-book)

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