Horse opera
Subtitle: the strange history of the 1930s singing cowboy
By: Peter Stanfield.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Western films -- United States -- History and criticism.; Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.; Country musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: In this innovative take on a neglected chapter of film history, the author challenges the commonly held view of the singing cowboy as an ephemeral figure of fun and argues instead that he was one of the most important culture figures to emerge out of the Great Depression.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : keep them clean; title: By the costume we may tell the man : turn-of-the-century fiction and the figure of the cowboy; title: Liberty's cuckoos : cowboys of the silent screen; title: Monodies for the cowpuncher : cowboy songs and singers; title: Cowboy republic : producing the singing western; title: Cowboy minstrels : series westerns and musical performance; title: New Deal cowboys : the mystery of the hooded riders; title: Conclusion.