Verfasst von:	Nelson, John S. [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Cowboy politics
Titelzusatz:	myths and discourses in popular westerns from the Virginian to Unforgiven and Deadwood
Verf.angabe:	John S. Nelson
Verlagsort:	Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London
Verlag:	Lexington Books
E-Jahr:	2018
Jahr:	[2018]
Umfang:	xii, 399 Seiten
Format:	24 cm
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Politics, literature, and film
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-4985-4947-9
Abstract:	"The signs in this book spoke to him": the western craft of culture and convention -- "The stories of the West are many": the western craft of dream and daring -- "Strike first and then give tongue": the western culture of honor and anger -- "Without law, man becomes a beast": the western culture of rationality and sovereignty -- "The cowboy represents that independent spirit": the western culture of individuals and nations -- "Live with honor and [leave] our mark": the western culture of honor and character -- "What's he going to get out of this?": the western culture of interest and character -- "Why had he waited so long to speak?": the western craft of pride and performance -- "A track is not only marks upon the earth": the western craft of faces and traces -- "It's not revenge he's after; it's a reckoning": the western culture of fear and terror -- "Accurate description [with] poetry to the language": the western craft of myth and symbol -- "A show had to be real and yet not real": the western craft of celebrity and spectacle -- "Revenge broke it, and disease": the western craft of forgiving and forgetting -- "Tell him something pretty": the western craft of word and deed -- "In whose keeping would the horse have been?": the western culture of horizons and responsibilities
Schlagwörter:	(g)USA    / (s)Western <Film>    / (s)Westernliteratur    / (s)USA <Motiv>    / (z)Geschichte
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-AusgabeNelson, John S., 1950- author: Cowboy politics. - Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017] |(DLC)2017047396
RVK-Notation:	AP 53700
K10plus-PPN:	1000226514