The crowded prairie : American national identity in the Hollywood western /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Coyne, Michael (συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; c1997.
• Θέματα: Εθνικά χαρακτηριστικά, Αμερικανικά; Εθνικά χαρακτηριστικά στον κινηματογράφο; Κινηματογραφικές ταινίες > Γουέστερν > Ιστορία και κριτική

The Crowded Prairie examines the interaction of the Hollywood Western with diverse strands of US society, culture and ideology from the end of the Depression to the Bicentennial in 1976. In these years the Western became a vital medium for exploring many tensions which beset modern America, engaging...

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