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Nelson John S. <1950-> |
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Titolo |
Cowboy politics : myths and discourses in popular westerns from the Virginian to Unforgiven and Deadwood / / John S. Nelson |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 pages) |
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Collana |
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Politics, Literature, and Film |
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Soggetti |
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Politics and literature - United States - History |
American fiction - West (U.S.) - History and criticism |
West (U.S.) In literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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"The signs in this book spoke to him": the western craft of culture and convention -- "The stories of the West are many": the western craft of dream and daring -- "Strike first and then give tongue": the western culture of honor and anger -- "Without law, man becomes a beast": the western culture of rationality and sovereignty -- "The cowboy represents that independent spirit": the western culture of individuals and nations -- "Live with honor and [leave] our mark": the western culture of honor and character -- "What's he going to get out of this?": the western culture of interest and character -- "Why had he waited so long to speak?": the western craft of pride and performance -- "A track is not only marks upon the earth": the western craft of faces and traces -- "It's not revenge he's after; it's a reckoning": the western culture of fear and terror -- "Accurate description [with] poetry to the language": the western craft of myth and symbol -- "A show had to be real and yet not real": the western craft of celebrity and spectacle -- "Revenge broke it, and disease": the western craft of forgiving and forgetting -- "Tell him something pretty": the western craft of word and deed -- "In whose keeping would the horse have been?": the western culture of horizons and responsibilities. |
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