LEADER 04418nam 2200673 450 001 9910461639603321 005 20211217175759.0 010 $a0-8032-8665-1 010 $a0-8032-8663-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000465748 035 $a(EBL)3571068 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001546397 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16141122 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001546397 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14796164 035 $a(PQKB)10294959 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3571068 035 $a(OCoLC)918940897 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46585 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3571068 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11090868 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL823210 035 $a(OCoLC)932326055 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000465748 100 $a20151122h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCaptivating Westerns $ethe Middle East in the American West. /$fSusan Kollin 210 1$aLincoln, Nebraska ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 225 1 $aPostwestern Horizons 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-2699-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Transnational Cowboys and the Middle East""; ""1. "I Longed to Be an Arab": The Eastern Originsof the Western""; ""2. From the Moors: The Easts and Wests of Willa Cather""; ""3. On Savagery and Civilization: Buffalo Bill and the East""; ""4. The Persian Peddler and the Egyptian Elixir: Racial Intimacies in Oklahoma!""; ""5. Specters of Loss: Violence and the National Missionin Post- 9/11 Westerns""; ""6. East of the Spaghetti Western: Global Travelsof the Genre"" 327 $a""Conclusion: Once Upon a Time in the Middle East""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 $a"Captivating Westerns examines the contact and conflict between the United States and the Middle East in the introduction, production, and circulation of the film and literary Western, and the racial politics embedded in the various versions and revisions of the Western genre"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Tracing the transnational influences of what has been known as a uniquely American genre, "the Western," Susan Kollin's Captivating Westerns analyzes key moments in the history of multicultural encounters between the Middle East and the American West. In particular, the book examines how experiences of contact and conflict have played a role in defining the western United States as a crucial American landscape. Kollin interprets the popular Western as a powerful national narrative and presents the cowboy hero as a captivating figure who upholds traditional American notions of freedom and promise, not just in the region but across the globe. Captivating Westerns revisits popular uses of the Western plot and cowboy hero in understanding American global power in the post-9/11 period. Although various attempts to build a case for the war on terror have referenced this quintessential American region, genre, and hero, they have largely overlooked the ways in which these celebrated spaces, icons, and forms, rather than being uniquely American, are instead the result of numerous encounters with and influences from the Middle East. By tracing this history of contact, encounter, and borrowing, this study expands the scope of transnational studies of the cowboy and the Western and in so doing discloses the powerful and productive influence of the Middle East on the American West"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aPostwestern horizons. 606 $aAmerican literature$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory and criticism 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xIn literature 607 $aMiddle East$xIn literature 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xIn motion pictures 607 $aMiddle East$xIn motion pictures 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a810.9/3278 700 $aKollin$b Susan $0881685 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461639603321 996 $aCaptivating Westerns$91969115 997 $aUNINA