Pippin, Robert B., 1948-
Hollywood westerns and American myth : the importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for political philosophy / Robert B. Pippin. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010. - x, 198 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. - Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Red River and the right to rule -- Who cares who shot Liberty Valance? : the heroic and the prosaic in The man who shot Liberty Valance -- Politics and self-knowledge in The searchers -- Conclusion.
9780300145779 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300145772 (cloth : alk. paper)
2009031174
Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977 --Criticism and interpretation.
Ford, John, 1894-1973 --Criticism and interpretation.
Western films--History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.
Politics in motion pictures.
PN1995.9.W4 / P53 2010
791.43/6278
Hollywood westerns and American myth : the importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for political philosophy / Robert B. Pippin. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010. - x, 198 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. - Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Red River and the right to rule -- Who cares who shot Liberty Valance? : the heroic and the prosaic in The man who shot Liberty Valance -- Politics and self-knowledge in The searchers -- Conclusion.
9780300145779 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300145772 (cloth : alk. paper)
2009031174
Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977 --Criticism and interpretation.
Ford, John, 1894-1973 --Criticism and interpretation.
Western films--History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.
Politics in motion pictures.
PN1995.9.W4 / P53 2010
791.43/6278