Kenneth E. Hall

Professionals in Western Film and Fiction

The Portrayal of Doctors, Lawyers, Journalists, Clergymen and Others

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Produktbeschreibung

Compares the roles of civil professionals in most American Westerns to those in work on the 1910 Mexican Revolution. Included are studies on the Santiago Toole novels by Richard Wheeler, Strange Lady in Town with Greer Garson, and La sombra del Caudillo by Martà n Luis Guzmán.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780786497294
• ISBN-10: 0786497297
• Artikelnr.: 55081450

Autorenporträt

Kenneth E. Hall has written several books, including a study of John Woo's The Killer, authored many articles on Latin American literature, and is a contributor to Studies in the Western. He is a professor of Spanish at East Tennessee State University and lives in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Peter Noçon and Peter Bischoff Introduction 1.
Professional Case Studies: Doctors on the Frontier 2.
Professional Allies: Lawyers, Gunsmiths and Other Fixers 3.
Masquerades: Civil Professionals in Disguise 4.
Encroachments of Culture: The Frontier in History and Fiction 5.
Professionals as Civilization Meets Barbarism 6.
Professionals Across the Border: Mexican Revolution Fiction and "Professional Westerns" Chapter Notes Works Cited Index