John White

The Contemporary Western

An American Genre Post-9/11

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book, John White explores how films such as Open Range, True Grit and Jane Got a Gun reinforce a conservative myth of America exceptionalism; endorsing the use of extreme force in dealing with enemies and highlighting the importance of defending the homeland.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9781474427937
• ISBN-10: 1474427936
• Artikelnr.: 59915679

Autorenporträt

John White teaches film studies at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. He is co-editor of Fifty Key British Films (Routledge, 2008), Fifty Key American Films (Routledge, 2009) and The Routledge Encyclopedia of Films (Routledge, 2014). He recently contributed chapters to books on Budd Boetticher and Delmer Daves in the Edinburgh University Press ReFocus series, and is the author of Westerns (Routledge, 2011) and European Art Cinema (Routledge, 2017).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; Part I: The Cinema of
Heroes and Heroic Action; 2: Reclaiming the heroes and heroic attitudes of
classic Westerns: Open Range (Kevin Costner, 2003); 3: Restoring the
Western hero and reclaiming the classic Hollywood experience: True Grit
(Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 2010); 4: Defending home, defending homeland:
Jane Got a Gun (Gavin O'Connor, 2016); Part II: The Cinematic Big Screen,
Surround Sound, Ride; 5: Updating the escapism of the Western: The Lone
Ranger (Gore Verbinski, 2013); 6: Affect and the immersive experience of
bodily excess: The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2016); 7: The
anchorless postmodern experience within an ahistorical filmic space: Django
Unchained (Quentin Tarantino, 2012); Part III: The Cinema of Contemplative
Reflection; 8: Employing religious concepts to address the political
situation post-9/11: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Tommy Lee
Jones, 2005); 9: Living in a world of fear and inexplicable evil: The
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward, Robert Ford (Dominik, 2007);
10: Conclusion