Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.
Contents:
Introduction: born game and going out that way -- Revision and regeneration -- The scattered formula in western movie criticism -- A conflict of visions, or what if they staged a revision and nobody came? -- Critique and convention -- Hugger of trees, scalper of whites: opposing stereotypes in the "pro-Indian" western -- Legends in changing times: cowboys, lawmen, outlaws, and fools -- Popularity and preponderance -- The Duke & co -- To the 80s, and beyond! -- Conclusion: old westerns, new frontiers.
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