Westerns in a changing America, 1955-2000
By: by R. Philip Loy.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Western films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Description: "This critical study examines the manner in which Westerns reflected the substantial social economic and political changes that shaped American culture in the latter half of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: Randolph Scott and Audie Murphy in changing times; title: The descent of the hero; title: Westerns of the new frontier; title: Sam Peckinpah in the 1960s; title: Clint Eastwood : "man with no name"; title: John Wayne : "the American"; title: Nobody gets to be a cowboy forever; title: Jesse James and Billy the Kid : outlaws or populist heroes; title: "Never mind Wyatt, it happened that way"; title: Indians are human beings; title: Hard-ridin' woman with a whip.