Using original archival analysis, Westerns: A Women’s History provides a revisionist account of the western genre, proving women writers of popular westerns were instrumental in the formation of the genre and used it to subtly critique patriarchy.
Using original archival analysis, Westerns: A Women’s History provides a revisionist account of the western genre, proving women writers of popular westerns were instrumental in the formation of the genre and used it to subtly critique patriarchy.
Victoria Lamont is a professor of English at the University of Waterloo. She is the author of The Bower Atmosphere: A Biography of B. M. Bower (Bison Books, 2024) and the coauthor of Judith Merril: A Critical Study.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Western Violence and the Limits of Sentimental Power 2. Domestic Politics and Cattle Rustling 3. Women’s Westerns and the Myth of the Pseudonym 4. Why Mourning Dove Wrote a Western 5. Cattle Branding and the Traffic in Women 6. The Masculinization of the Western Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Western Violence and the Limits of Sentimental Power 2. Domestic Politics and Cattle Rustling 3. Women’s Westerns and the Myth of the Pseudonym 4. Why Mourning Dove Wrote a Western 5. Cattle Branding and the Traffic in Women 6. The Masculinization of the Western Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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