He was some kind of a man [[electronic resource] ] : masculinities in the B western / / Roderick McGillis

• Autore: McGillis Roderick
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, ON, : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/6278
• Soggetto topico: Masculinity in motion pictures; Western films - History and criticism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: He 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
• Titolo autorizzato: He was some kind of a man
• ISBN: 1-282-53427-0; 9786612534270; 1-55458-289-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785050203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Film + media studies.