The Western Genre: From Lordsburg to Big Whiskey

by John Saunders

Overview

The Western Genre: From Lordsburg to Big Whiskey offers close readings of the definitive American film movement as represented by such leading exponents as John Ford, Howard Hawks, and Sam Peckinpah. In his consideration of such iconic motifs as the Outlaw Hero and the Lone Rider, John Saunders traces the development of perennial aspects of the genre, its continuity and, importantly, its change. Representations of morality and masculinity are also foregrounded in consideration of the genre's major stars John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, and such films as Shane, Rio Bravo, The Wild Bunch, and Unforgiven.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781903364123
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	10/25/2001
Series:	Short Cuts , #7
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

John Saunders is senior lecturer in film and literature at the University of Newcastle, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Reading a Western
2. The Established Classics
3. Development and Change: Three Films About Jesse James
4. New Directions
5. The Indians
6. Breaking the Mould
Filmography
Bibliography