Hollywood westerns and American myth : the importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for political philosophy / Robert B. Pippin.
By: Pippin, Robert B
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Publisher: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010Description: x, 198 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780300145779 (cloth : alk. paper); 0300145772 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): 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 picturesDDC classification: 791.43/6278
Contents:
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.
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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.
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