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Art and politics in Have gun-- will travel : the 1950s television Western as ethical drama / Kathleen L. Spencer.
Van Pelt Library PN1992.77.H35 S64 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spencer, Kathleen, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Have gun-- will travel (Television program).
- Masculinity on television.
- Sex role on television.
- Boone, Richard.
- Western television programs.
- United States.
- Television actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Television actors and actresses.
- Western television programs--United States.
- United States--On television.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 247 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Summary:
- "This work places Have Gun-Will Travel in its larger historical context. A brief biography of Boone is included, revealing how his values and experiences shaped the series. Major themes and patterns of the show are analyzed and compared with those of competing shows, in particular the figures of the lawman, gunfighter and the outlaw, minorities, and women"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I Contexts
- An Overview 7
- 1 The TV Western: American Manhood in Crisis 11
- 2 Television in the 1950s 28
- 3 Richard Boone: An Unreasonable Man 45
- 4 Behind the Scenes: Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Have Gun-Will Travel 70
- Part II Texts
- An Overview 99
- 5 Frontier Justice 106
- 6 Gunfighters and Outlaws 128
- 7 The Other Americans: Racial and Ethnic Minorities 146
- 8 The Other Americans: Women 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786478842
- 0786478845
- OCLC:
- 881440640
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