عنوان

From Shane to Kill Bill: rethinking the Western

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

From Shane to Kill Bill: rethinking the Western

Original and compelling, "From Shane to Kill Bill" re-thinks 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 "Pale Rider", "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.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Malden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Blackwell

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2007

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xviii, 262 p.: ill.; 23 cm

Other Title Information

New approaches to film genre

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1

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references )p. 244-255( and index

Text of Note

ISBN: 140513965X

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Patrick McGee

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1

Entry Element

، Western films -- United States -- History and criticism

Class number

Dates

9491-

Entry Element

McGee, Patrick

Relator Code

AU

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SE