The Twenty-First-Century Western
New Riders of the Cinematic Stage
Lexington Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 12. December 2019
296 pages
978-1-9787-8682-0 (ISBN)
Description
Focusing on twenty-first century Western films, including all major releases since the turn of the century, the essays in this volume cover a broad range of aesthetic and thematic aspects explored in these films, including gender and race. As diverse contributors focus on the individual subgenres of the traditional Western (the gunfighter, the Cavalry vs. Native American conflict, the role of women in Westerns, etc.), they share an understanding of the twenty-first century Western may be understood as a genre in itself. They argue that the films discussed here reimagine certain aspects of the more conventional Western and often reverse the ideology contained within them while employing certain forms and clichés that have become synonymous internationally with Westerns. The result is a contemporary sensibility that might be referred to as the postmodern Western.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-8682-0 (9781978786820)
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Persons
Douglas Brode is a retired instructor at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Shea T. Brode is an independent scholar who has collaborated with his father as editor on several previous collections.
Shea T. Brode is an independent scholar who has collaborated with his father as editor on several previous collections.
Content
Introduction: The 21st Century Western: To Begin at the Beginning . . .
Douglas Brode and Shea T. Brode
Chapter 1: An American Genre in Transition: Dead Man (1995) as Predecessor to the 21st Century Western
Ann Hetzel Gunkel
Chapter 2: "Pardon Me, but Your 'i/Indian' Is Showing!": Native American Images in 21st Century Westerns
Alan Lechusza Aquallo with Douglas Brode
Chapter 3: Missing in the Mountains: The 'Hivernant' as 21st Century Frontier Hero
Nicholas Blower
Chapter 4: Evolution of a Postmodern Genre: The Western Films of Joel and Ethan Coen
Lynnea Chapman King
Chapter 5: Rooster Cogburn Revisited: Triangulating True Grit
Walter Metz
Chapter 6: Westward Ho! The Women!: Frontier Females in Post-Feminist Films
Rosanne Welch with Douglas Brode
Chapter 7: An American Propensity: The Continuum of Violence in Western Films
Nathan Wuertenberg
Chapter 8: Once Upon a Time in Tarantino's West: The Persistence of Westerns as the American Fairy Tale
Beth Jane Toren with Douglas
Douglas Brode and Shea T. Brode
Chapter 1: An American Genre in Transition: Dead Man (1995) as Predecessor to the 21st Century Western
Ann Hetzel Gunkel
Chapter 2: "Pardon Me, but Your 'i/Indian' Is Showing!": Native American Images in 21st Century Westerns
Alan Lechusza Aquallo with Douglas Brode
Chapter 3: Missing in the Mountains: The 'Hivernant' as 21st Century Frontier Hero
Nicholas Blower
Chapter 4: Evolution of a Postmodern Genre: The Western Films of Joel and Ethan Coen
Lynnea Chapman King
Chapter 5: Rooster Cogburn Revisited: Triangulating True Grit
Walter Metz
Chapter 6: Westward Ho! The Women!: Frontier Females in Post-Feminist Films
Rosanne Welch with Douglas Brode
Chapter 7: An American Propensity: The Continuum of Violence in Western Films
Nathan Wuertenberg
Chapter 8: Once Upon a Time in Tarantino's West: The Persistence of Westerns as the American Fairy Tale
Beth Jane Toren with Douglas
