Hollywood westerns and American myth
Subtitle: the importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for political philosophy
By: Robert B. Pippin.
Series: Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300145779
Subjects: Hawks, Howard, -- 1896-1977 -- Criticism and interpretation; Ford, John, -- 1894-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation; Western films -- History and criticism; National characteristics, American, in motion pictures; Politics in motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Red River and the right to rule; title: Who cares who shot Liberty Valance?  : the heroic and the prosaic in The man who shot Liberty Valance; title: Politics and self-knowledge in The searchers; title: Conclusion.