03008nam 2200625Ia 450 991045951670332120200520144314.01-282-53427-097866125342701-55458-289-X(CKB)2670000000029954(EBL)685777(OCoLC)647922177(SSID)ssj0000419382(PQKBManifestationID)11296153(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419382(PQKBWorkID)10382155(PQKB)11699819(MiAaPQ)EBC685777(MdBmJHUP)muse14266(MiAaPQ)EBC3268338(PPN)238405036(Au-PeEL)EBL685777(CaPaEBR)ebr10383535(EXLCZ)99267000000002995420081229d2009 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrHe was some kind of a man[electronic resource] masculinities in the B western /Roderick McGillisWaterloo, ON Wilfrid Laurier University Pressc20091 online resource (223 p.)Film and media studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-55458-059-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Ride the High Country, or "They Went Thataway"; 2 Cowboy Codes: Straight and Pure and All Boy; 3 When We Were Young: Nostalgia and the Cowboy Hero; 4 Arms and the Man: The Friendly Gun; 5 Give Me My Boots and Saddles: Camp Cowboy; 6 Tall in the Saddle: Romance on the Range; 7 White Hats and White Heroes: Who Is That Other Guy?; 8 Virgin Land: Landscape, Nature, and Masculinity; 9 Corporate Cowboys and the Shaping of a Nation; Postscript: The Frontiersman (1938); List of Films Mentioned; References; IndexHe Was Some Kind of a Man: Masculinities in the B Western explores the construction and representation of masculinity in low-budget western movies made from the 1930's to the early 1950's. These films contained some of the mid-twentieth-century's most familiar names, especially for youngsters: cowboys such as Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and Red Ryder. The first serious study of a body of films that was central to the youth of two generations, He Was Some Kind of a Man combines the author's childhood fascination with this genre with an interdisciplinary scholarly explorationFilm + media studies.Masculinity in motion picturesWestern filmsHistory and criticismElectronic books.Masculinity in motion pictures.Western filmsHistory and criticism.791.43/6278McGillis Roderick929561MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459516703321He was some kind of a man2089514UNINA