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University Press of Kentucky
Language
English
Pages
368

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Subjects

Western films, History and criticism

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Table of Contents

Pt. 1. The cowboy way: the essence of the western hero. "Do not forsake me, oh, my darling": loneliness and solitude in westerns / Shai Biderman
Civilization and its discontents: the self-sufficient western hero / Douglas J. Den Uyl
Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to be pragmatists / B. Steve Csaki
Two ways to Yuma: Locke, liberalism, and western masculinity in 3:10 to Yuma / Stephen J. Mexal
Landscapes of gendered violence: male love and anxiety on the railroad / Lindsey Collins
Pt. 2. The code of the West: the cowboy and society. "Order out of the mud": Deadwood and the state of nature / Paul A. Cantor
Order without law: The Magnificent Seven, East and West / Aeon J. Skoble
From dollars to iron: the currency of Clint Eastwood's westerns / David L. McNaron
The duty of reason: Kantian ethics in High Noon / Daw-Nay Evans
Pt. 3. Outlaws: challenging conventions of the western. The cost of the code: ethical consequences in High Noon and the Ox-Bow Incident / Ken Hada
"Back off to what?" The search for meaning in The Wild Bunch / Richard Gaughran
No Country for Old Men: the decline of ethics and the west(ern) / William J. Devlin
The northwestern: McCabe and Mrs. Miller / George McKnight
Pt. 4. On the fringe: the encounter with the other
Savage nations: Native Americans and the western / Michael Valdez Moses
Regeneration through stories and song: the view from the other side of the west in Smoke Signals / Richard Gilmore
Go west, young woman! "Hegel's dialectic and women's identities in western films / Gary Heba and Robin Murphy
Beating a live horse: the elevation and degradation of horses in westerns / Jennifer L. McMahon.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Series
The philosophy of popular culture, Philosophy of popular culture

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/6278
Library of Congress
PN1995.9.W4 P485 2010

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Pagination
368 p. ;
Number of pages
368

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OL24493242M
Internet Archive
philosophywester00mcma
ISBN 13
9780813125916
LCCN
2010007780
OCLC/WorldCat
460059266

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