Late Westerns : the persistence of a genre / Lee Clark Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Lee Clark, 1947- author.

Series:

Postwestern horizons

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Western films--United States--History and criticism.

Western films.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

History.

United States.

West (U.S.)--In motion pictures.

West (U.S.).

Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States--History--21st century.

Social change in motion pictures.

West United States.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 318 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Mitchell argues that the Western continues to engage us because recent films deliberately defy classic patterns yet still appeal to an implicit fondness for genre conventions. Narrative expectations are so deeply stamped on our consciousness that we cannot escape reimposing assumptions on materials that barely resemble the classic Western"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: There's No Such Things as a Postwestern, and a Good Thing Too

1. Ghostly Evocations in Bad Day at Black Rock

2. Catching the 3:10 to Yuma

3. Border-Crossing in Lone Star

4. Alternative Facts in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

5. Defying Expectations in A History of Violence and Brokeback Mountain

6. Dueling Genres in No Country for Old Men 7. Subverting Late Westerns in The Counselor

Epilogue: Habits of Imagination.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496201966

1496201965

OCLC:

1021059990