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03015aam a2200409 i 4500 001 8A836E28580511E8A8F83C5097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180515010114 008 171002s2018 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017039077 020 $a 1498549470 020 $a 9781498549479 035 $a (OCoLC)1002118122 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS374.W4 $b N45 2018 082 00 $a 813/.087409 $2 23 100 1 $a Nelson, John S., $d 1950- $e author. 245 10 $a Cowboy politics : $b myths and discourses in popular westerns from The Virginian to Unforgiven and Deadwood / $c John S. Nelson. 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Lexington Books, $c [2018] 300 $a xii, 399 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Politics, literature, and film 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a "The signs in this book spoke to him": the western craft of culture and convention -- "The stories of the West are many": the western craft of dream and daring -- "Strike first and then give tongue": the western culture of honor and anger -- "Without law, man becomes a beast": the western culture of rationality and sovereignty -- "The cowboy represents that independent spirit": the western culture of individuals and nations -- "Live with honor and [leave] our mark": the western culture of honor and character -- "What's he going to get out of this?": the western culture of interest and character -- "Why had he waited so long to speak?": the western craft of pride and performance -- "A track is not only marks upon the earth": the western craft of faces and traces -- "It's not revenge he's after; it's a reckoning": the western culture of fear and terror -- "Accurate description [with] poetry to the language": the western craft of myth and symbol -- "A show had to be real and yet not real": the western craft of celebrity and spectacle -- "Revenge broke it, and disease": the western craft of forgiving and forgetting -- "Tell him something pretty": the western craft of word and deed -- "In whose keeping would the horse have been?": the western culture of horizons and responsibilities. 650 0 $a American fiction $z West (U.S.) $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Politics and literature $z United States $x History. 651 0 $a West (U.S.) $x In literature. 650 0 $a Western films $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Motion pictures $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Western television programs $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Television programs $x Political aspects $z United States. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Nelson, John S., 1950- author. $t Cowboy politics $d Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017] $z 9781498549486 $w (DLC) 2017047396 830 0 $a Politics, literature, & film. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20181116054838.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8A836E28580511E8A8F83C5097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search