336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

The Western introduces the novice to the pleasures and the meanings of the Western film, shares the excitement of the genre with the fan, addresses the suspicions of the cynic and develops the knowledge of the student. The Western is about the changing times of the Western, and about how it has been understood in film criticism. Until the 1980s, more Westerns were made than any other type... Read more
1. The Western as an Imaginary Space  2. The Western in Film and Cultural Studies  3. Where the Western Came From: The Antecedents of the Western Film  4.The Frontier Melodrama and the Silent Film  5. Series Westerns and Juvenile Drama  6.The Epic Western and the Founding of America  7. Romance Westerns and the Meaning of the Frontier  8. The Dystopian Western  9. Elegiac Westerns and the Death of the West  10. The Revisionist Western  Further Reading  Bibliography  Index 

Biography

David Lusted