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Author: Patrick McGee
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From the publisher

From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western is an original and compelling critical history of the American Western film.

Provides an insightful overview of the American Western genre
Covers the entire history of the Western, from 1939 to the present
Analyses Westerns as products of a genre, as well as expressions of political and social desires
Deepens an audience's understanding of the genre's most important works, including Shane, Stagecoach, The Searchers, Unforgiven, and Kill Bill
Contains numerous illustrations of the films and issues discussed.

First line

The thing I remember most about seeing Shane as a boy is the face of Alan Ladd.

From the rear cover

Original and compelling, From Shane to Kill Bill rethinks what American Western film has to offer us as a genre. Westerns have succeeded in dramatizing the individual, defining the frontier myth, and promoting the limits of masculinity. In tracing the development of the Western from 1939 to the present, this entertaining book demonstrates that the genre is also a successful vehicle for articulating class resentments and the social contradictions in American culture.

Offering sensitive readings that extend and deepen our understanding of the American West - from Shane, Stagecoach, and The Searchers to Heaven's Gate, Unforgiven, and Kill Bill - this book discusses the Western in new and insightful ways. McGee appreciates the limits of this film genre, but also articulates its positive political value as an expression of social desires typically unspoken in American public discourse. Informative and compelling, this book suggests new understandings of this much-discussed genre.

Details

Title From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western
Author Patrick McGee
Binding Hardcover
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 288
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA
Date 2006-04-28
Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781405139649 / 1405139641
Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
Dimensions 9.3 x 6.48 x 0.81 in (23.62 x 16.46 x 2.06 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Western films - United States - History and
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005032201
Dewey Decimal Code 791.436

About the author

Patrick McGee is Professor of English at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Cinema, Theory, and Political Responsibility in Contemporary Culture (1997) and Joyce Beyond Marx: History and Desire in 'Ulysses' and 'Finnegans Wake' (2001).