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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453756403321

Titolo

International westerns : re-locating the frontier / / edited by Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8108-9288-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (477 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerCynthia J

Van RiperA. Bowdoin

Disciplina

791.43/65878

Soggetti

Western films - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part I. DUELING INDUSTRIES; Ch01. THE GHOSTS OF MODERNIZATION; Ch02. ON THE SPATIAL IDEOLOGY OF TURKISH CINEMA (THE WEST AS "OUTSIDE"); Ch03. THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN IS A DEFA INDIAN; Ch04. (DIS)RESPECTING WINNETOU; Part II. PARODIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD; Ch05. VISIONS OF THE WEST IN LUCKY LUKE COMICS; Ch06. COMEDY, CAPITALISM, AND KOLALOKA; Ch07. UPSETTING THE GENRE'S GENDER STEREOTYPES; Ch08. TOUGH GUYS OF THE PRAIRIE; Part III. THE WESTERN HERO DECONSTRUCTED; Ch09. INTO THE WEST; Ch10. EL TOPO; Ch11. "YOU GOT THE WRONG F***IN' BLACK MAN!"

Ch12. THE SELF-EXILED HEROPart IV. SOCIAL BANDITS AND NATIONAL IDENTITIES; Ch13. O CANGACEIRO (1953) AND THE BRAZILIAN NORTHEASTERN; Ch14. "THEY SING SONGS ABOUT US HERE"; Ch15. READING DOST-DUSHMAN; Ch16. ITALIAN D.O.C.; Part V. UNEXPECTED ROOTS; Ch17. WESTERN FILMS THROUGH GERMAN EYES; Ch18. WESSEX GOES WEST; Ch19. "THE EAST IS A DELICATE MATTER"; Ch20. THE SWORD AND THE SIX-SHOOTER; INDEX; ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays examines non-American Westerns and



explores their significance, meanings, and reception. These essays also look at how Hollywood sensibilities are reflected, distorted, or challenged by filmmakers of Westerns in Europe, Australia, and other regions outside the U.S.