-- This book redefines American productions of the Western genre as an expression of a transnational ideology and culture of imperialism. Reviewers agree that this collection offers the most impressive sampling of the vast number of global Westerns produced from the silent era to the present day, compared to other publications in recent years on the Western. -- IUP is a leading publisher in areas of film and media studies related to this book including early and silent film, national cinemas, and Italian and French film. This fulfills a goal outlined in IUP's strategic plan to bring an…mehr
-- This book redefines American productions of the Western genre as an expression of a transnational ideology and culture of imperialism. Reviewers agree that this collection offers the most impressive sampling of the vast number of global Westerns produced from the silent era to the present day, compared to other publications in recent years on the Western. -- IUP is a leading publisher in areas of film and media studies related to this book including early and silent film, national cinemas, and Italian and French film. This fulfills a goal outlined in IUP's strategic plan to bring an international scope to the discipline. -- The audience is scholarly and the book is highly likely to be recommended as a library purchase. It will reach scholars and students studying the Western genre, critical film theory, and the cultural history of colonialism and imperialism.
Hervé Mayer, David Roche, with contributions by Patrick Adamson, Costanza Salvi, Marine Soubeille, Dragan Batan¿ev, Hadrien Fontanaud, Marek Pary¿, Jesús Ángel González, Alessandra Magrin Haas, Lee Broughton, Mike Phillips, Jenny Barrett, Vivian P. Y. Lee, Claire Dutriaux
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Acknowledgments Introduction by Hervé Mayer and David Roche Part I: US-American Westerns from a Transnational Perspective 1. Transnationalism on the Transcontinental Railroad: John Ford's The Iron Horse (1924) by Patrick Adamson 2. John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy (1948-1950): Caught Between US-American Imperialism and Irish Republicanism by Costanza Salvi 3. Decentering the National in Hollywood: Transnational Storytelling in the Mexico Western Vera Cruz (Robert Aldrich 1954) by Hervé Mayer 4. Transnational Identity on the Contemporary Texan-Mexican Border in Tejano (David Blue Garcia 2018) by Marine Soubeille Part II: European Westerns and the Critique of Imperialism 5. A Yugoslav "Lemon Tree in Siberia": The Partisan Western Kapetan Lei (ivorad Mitrovic 1960) by Dragan Batancev 6. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean 1962) and the Western: Reframing the Imperialist Hero by Hadrien Fontanaud 7. Unwanted Salvation: The Use of the Savior Formula in The Dark Valley (Andreas Prochaska 2014) by Marek Paryz 8. Transnational Post-Westerns in French Cinema: Adieu Gary (Nassim Amaouche 2009) and Les Cowboys (Thomas Bidegain 2015) by Jesús Ángel González Spotlight on the Italian Western 9. Silent Westerns Made in Italy: The Dawn of a Transnational Genre between US Imperial Narratives and Nationalistic Appropriations by Alessandra Magrin Haas 10. Where the Classical the Transnational and the Acid Western Meet: Matalo! (Cesare Canevari 1970) Violence and Cultural Resistance on the Spaghetti Western Frontier by Lee Broughton Part III: Westerns in a Post-Colonial or Post-Empire Context 11. West by Northeast: The Western in Brazil by Mike Phillips 12. (Not) John Wayne & (Not) the US-American West: Jauja (Lisandro Alonso 2014) by Jenny Barrett 13. Remaking the Western in Japanese Cinema: East Meets West (Kihachi Okamoto 1995) Sukiyaki Western Django (Takashi Miike 2007) and Unforgiven (San-il Lee 2013) by Vivian P. Y. Lee 14. The South African Frontier in Five Fingers for Marseilles (Michael Matthews 2017) by Claire Dutriaux and Annael Le Poullennec Spotlight on the Australian Western 15. "They like all pictures which remind them of their own": The 'Entangled' Development of Australian Westerns by Emma Hamilton 16. Westerns from an Aboriginal Point of View or Why the Australian Western (Still) Matters: The Tracker (Rolf de Heer 2002) and Sweet Country (Warwick Thornton 2017) by David Roche Coda: We Will Not Ride Off into the Sunset by Hervé Mayer and David Roche Index
Acknowledgments Introduction by Hervé Mayer and David Roche Part I: US-American Westerns from a Transnational Perspective 1. Transnationalism on the Transcontinental Railroad: John Ford's The Iron Horse (1924) by Patrick Adamson 2. John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy (1948-1950): Caught Between US-American Imperialism and Irish Republicanism by Costanza Salvi 3. Decentering the National in Hollywood: Transnational Storytelling in the Mexico Western Vera Cruz (Robert Aldrich 1954) by Hervé Mayer 4. Transnational Identity on the Contemporary Texan-Mexican Border in Tejano (David Blue Garcia 2018) by Marine Soubeille Part II: European Westerns and the Critique of Imperialism 5. A Yugoslav "Lemon Tree in Siberia": The Partisan Western Kapetan Lei (ivorad Mitrovic 1960) by Dragan Batancev 6. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean 1962) and the Western: Reframing the Imperialist Hero by Hadrien Fontanaud 7. Unwanted Salvation: The Use of the Savior Formula in The Dark Valley (Andreas Prochaska 2014) by Marek Paryz 8. Transnational Post-Westerns in French Cinema: Adieu Gary (Nassim Amaouche 2009) and Les Cowboys (Thomas Bidegain 2015) by Jesús Ángel González Spotlight on the Italian Western 9. Silent Westerns Made in Italy: The Dawn of a Transnational Genre between US Imperial Narratives and Nationalistic Appropriations by Alessandra Magrin Haas 10. Where the Classical the Transnational and the Acid Western Meet: Matalo! (Cesare Canevari 1970) Violence and Cultural Resistance on the Spaghetti Western Frontier by Lee Broughton Part III: Westerns in a Post-Colonial or Post-Empire Context 11. West by Northeast: The Western in Brazil by Mike Phillips 12. (Not) John Wayne & (Not) the US-American West: Jauja (Lisandro Alonso 2014) by Jenny Barrett 13. Remaking the Western in Japanese Cinema: East Meets West (Kihachi Okamoto 1995) Sukiyaki Western Django (Takashi Miike 2007) and Unforgiven (San-il Lee 2013) by Vivian P. Y. Lee 14. The South African Frontier in Five Fingers for Marseilles (Michael Matthews 2017) by Claire Dutriaux and Annael Le Poullennec Spotlight on the Australian Western 15. "They like all pictures which remind them of their own": The 'Entangled' Development of Australian Westerns by Emma Hamilton 16. Westerns from an Aboriginal Point of View or Why the Australian Western (Still) Matters: The Tracker (Rolf de Heer 2002) and Sweet Country (Warwick Thornton 2017) by David Roche Coda: We Will Not Ride Off into the Sunset by Hervé Mayer and David Roche Index
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