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The Euro-Western: Reframing Gender, Race and the ´Other´ in Film
Dr Lee Broughton
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Description for The Euro-Western: Reframing Gender, Race and the ´Other´ in Film
Hardcover. Focuses on previously unstudied Italian, German and British films Series: Cinema and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; APF; APFN; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
The Western has always been inextricably linked to the USA, and studies have continually sought to connect its historical development to changes in American society and Hollywood innovations. Focusing new critical attention on films produced in Germany, Italy and Britain, this timely book offers a radical rereading of the evolutionary history of the Western and brings a vital international dimension to its study. Lee Broughton argues not only that European films possess a special significance in terms of the genre's global development, but also that many offered groundbreaking and progressive representations of traditional Wild West 'Others': Native Americans, African Americans ... Read more
The Western has always been inextricably linked to the USA, and studies have continually sought to connect its historical development to changes in American society and Hollywood innovations. Focusing new critical attention on films produced in Germany, Italy and Britain, this timely book offers a radical rereading of the evolutionary history of the Western and brings a vital international dimension to its study. Lee Broughton argues not only that European films possess a special significance in terms of the genre's global development, but also that many offered groundbreaking and progressive representations of traditional Wild West 'Others': Native Americans, African Americans ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Cinema and Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784533892
SKU
V9781784533892
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About Dr Lee Broughton
Lee Broughton is a freelance writer, critic, film programmer and lecturer in film and cultural studies. He is the editor of Critical Perspectives on the Western: From A Fistful of Dollars to Django Unchained (2016) and Reframing Cult Westerns: From The Magnificent Seven to The Hateful Eight (2020). He has contributed chapters and articles to numerous edited collections and academic ... Read more
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