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From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western
Patrick McGee
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Description for From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western
Paperback. From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western is an original and compelling critical history of the American Western film. Series: New Approaches to Film Genre. Num Pages: 280 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
New Approaches to Film Genre
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405139656
SKU
V9781405139656
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99-50
About Patrick McGee
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).
Reviews for From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western
"Each chapter has a thesis explored at length, with analysis of selected films. The selection of film analyzed is well chosen with celebrated classics as well as the offbeat." (Journal of Film and Video, Fall 2009) "McGee has written a rich, ambitious book. ... McGee's readings are richly informed by the work of his predecessors, and ... Read more