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Showdown: Confronting Modern America in the Western Film (Illini Book)
Lenihan
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Description for Showdown: Confronting Modern America in the Western Film (Illini Book)
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
"Lenihan's fine study
[brings] new levels of scholarship and sophistication to the study of
western films.... Should prove useful in the classroom, both for social
history and film history courses. It will introduce readers to a new way
to view some of the old horse operas that they had once taken for granted
as fluffy entertainment."
-- Western American Literature
'"The best of the recent
books to deal with Westerns produced since World War II --- in fact, probably
the best ... Read more
"Lenihan's fine study
[brings] new levels of scholarship and sophistication to the study of
western films.... Should prove useful in the classroom, both for social
history and film history courses. It will introduce readers to a new way
to view some of the old horse operas that they had once taken for granted
as fluffy entertainment."
-- Western American Literature
'"The best of the recent
books to deal with Westerns produced since World War II --- in fact, probably
the best ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252012549
SKU
V9780252012549
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Reviews for Showdown: Confronting Modern America in the Western Film (Illini Book)
"Recommended for the student of film and the hardcore film buff. The rest of you will be surprised, delighted, perhaps even angered by some of the conclusions Lenihan has come to."
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