LEADER 02975nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910785050203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-53427-0 010 $a9786612534270 010 $a1-55458-289-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000029954 035 $a(EBL)685777 035 $a(OCoLC)647922177 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000419382 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11296153 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419382 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10382155 035 $a(PQKB)11699819 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685777 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14266 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268338 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685777 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10383535 035 $a(PPN)238405036 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000029954 100 $a20081229d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHe was some kind of a man$b[electronic resource] $emasculinities in the B western /$fRoderick McGillis 210 $aWaterloo, ON $cWilfrid Laurier University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (223 p.) 225 1 $aFilm and media studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55458-059-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aHe Was Some Kind of a Man: Masculinities in the B Western explores the construction and representation of masculinity in low-budget western movies made from the 1930's to the early 1950's. These films contained some of the mid-twentieth-century's most familiar names, especially for youngsters: cowboys such as Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and Red Ryder. The first serious study of a body of films that was central to the youth of two generations, He Was Some Kind of a Man combines the author's childhood fascination with this genre with an interdisciplinary scholarly exploration 410 0$aFilm + media studies. 606 $aMasculinity in motion pictures 606 $aWestern films$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aMasculinity in motion pictures. 615 0$aWestern films$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a791.43/6278 700 $aMcGillis$b Roderick$01537606 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785050203321 996 $aHe was some kind of a man$93787012 997 $aUNINA