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02910aam a2200385 i 4500 001 A71A5D16332F11E49E51C4E1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140903010030 008 140508s2014 stk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013481677 020 $a 9780748685592 (PDF) 020 $a 0748685596 (PDF) 020 $a 0748685588 (hbk.) 020 $a 9780748685585 (hbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)880787198 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d STF $d CUS $d MUU $d NLGGC $d MUU $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1995.9.W4 $b C338 2014 082 04 $a 791.4365878 $2 23 084 $a 24.32 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Carter, Matthew $c (Teacher) 245 10 $a Myth of the western : $b new perspectives on Hollywood's frontier narrative / $c Matthew Carter. 264 1 $a Edinburgh : $b Edinburgh University Press, $c 2014. 300 $a vii, 246 pages ; $c 24 cm. 505 0 $a Knowledge for Decision-Making -- Why CO2 Is Primarily Responsible for Global Warming -- The Size of the Problem -- A False Consciousness -- The Necessary and the Possible -- The Double Obstacle Posed by Capitalism -- Kyoto: A Haphazard Policy -- 'Feet Glued to the Accelerator' -- The Sorcerer' Apprentices -- The Destructive Dynamic of Capitalism -- Ecosocialism: The Only Option. 520 8 $a What is the nature of the relationship between the Hollywood Western and American frontier mythology? How have Western films helped develop cultural and historical perceptions, attitudes and beliefs towards the frontier? Is there still a place for the genre in light of revisionist histories of the American West? This book re-invigorates the debate surrounding the relationship between the Western and frontier mythology, arguing for the importance of the genre's socio-cultural, historical and political dimensions. Taking a number of critical-theoretical and philosophical approaches, Matthew Carter applies them to prominent forms of frontier historiography. He also considers the historiographic element of the Western by exploring the different ways in which the genre has responded to the issues raised by the frontier. Carter skilfully argues that the genre has and continues to reveal the complexities and contradictions at the heart of US society. With its clear analyses of and intellectual challenges to the film scholarship that has developed around the Western over a sixty-five year period, this book adds new depth to our understanding of specific film texts and of the genre as a whole. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-241) and index. 650 0 $a Western films $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Myth $x Social aspects $z United States. 651 7 $a Verenigde Staten. $2 gtt 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180127023858.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826093618.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A71A5D16332F11E49E51C4E1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search