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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458150403321

Autore

Smith Paul <1954 Nov. 23->

Titolo

Clint Eastwood [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural production / / Paul Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993

ISBN

0-8166-8387-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

American culture ; ; v. 8

Disciplina

791.43/028/092

791.43028092

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States

Popular culture - United States

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 (p. 283-287) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Subaltern Spaghetti; Genre; Restitution; At the Smithsonian; Homesteaders; Misogyny; Just Entertainment; The Opposite of Fascism; Pauline's Knee, Harry's War; Amongst Men; ''Who Knows? Maybe It Was You""; Gay Subtext; Eastwood Bound; Burlesque Body; Lethal Weapons; Drugs; Servicemen; Performance and Identification; The Meaning of Black; Auteur-Father; Coda; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first full-length study of Clint Eastwood (or any contemporary figure in film) that not only interprets and critiques his films but demonstrates their complex and problematic relationship to American culture.