Love in western film and television : lonely hearts and happy trails / edited by Sue Matheson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Matheson, Sue.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Western films--History and criticism.

Western films.

Love in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

x, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

This collection of articles examines problems romance presents in the American Western. Looking a range of films, this book offers readers important and challenging insights into the complicated nature of love and the versatile frontier narrative that address key social, political, and ethical components of the Western genre.

Contents:

1 Virgins, Widows, and Whores: The Bride Pool of the John Wayne Westerns / Helen M. Lewis Lewis, Helen M. 7

2 Only a Woman After All? Gender Dynamics in the Westerns of Barbara Stanwyck / A. P. Nelson Nelson, A. P. 19

3 Violence, Vixens, and Virgins: Noir-like Women in the Stewart/Mann Westerns / Debra B. Cutshaw Cutshaw, Debra B. 35

4 From Whore to Hero: Reassessing Jill in Once Upon a Time in the West / Andrea Gazzaniga Gazzaniga, Andrea 53

5 "Wild" Women: Interracial Romance on the Western Frontier / Cynthia J. Miller Miller, Cynthia J. 71

6 Paladin Plays the Field: 1950s Television, Masculinity, and the New Episodic Sexualization of the Private Sphere / Erin Lee Mock Mock, Erin Lee 91

7 Reverse Transvestism and the Classic Hero: The Ballad of Little Jo and the Archetypal Western (Fe)male / Vincent Piturro Piturro, Vincent 111

8 The Melancholy Couple in Winchester '73 / Peter Falconer Falconer, Peter 125

9 Outlaws, Buddies, and Lovers: The Sexual Politics of Calamity Jane and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / Frances Pheasant-Kelly Pheasant-Kelly, Frances 141

10 Horse Power: Equine Alliances in the Western / Stella M. Hockenhull Hockenhull, Stella M. 161

11 A French Unsetdement of the Frontier: Love and the Threatened American Dream in Heaven's Gate (1980) / Lara Cox Cox, Lara 179

12 Midnight Cowboy: A Love Story / Zhenya Kiperman Kiperman, Zhenya 197

13 German Saddle Pals and the Absence of Love in the Karl May Westerns / Robert Spindler Spindler, Robert 209

14 "When you side with a man, you stay with him!"-philia and the Military Mind in Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969) / Sue Matheson Matheson, Sue 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137272935

1137272937

OCLC:

826025644