Professionals in western film and fiction : the portrayal of doctors, lawyers, journalists, clergymen and others / Kenneth E. Hall ; foreword by Peter Noçon and Peter Bischoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Kenneth E., 1954- author.

Noçon, Peter, author of foreword.

Bischoff, Peter, author of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--History.

Motion pictures.

History.

Professional employees in literature.

Professions in literature.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 223 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Inc., 2019.

Summary:

"In American Westerns, the main characters are most often gunfighters, lawmen, ranchers and dancehall girls. Civil professionals such as doctors, engineers and journalists have been given far less representation, usually appearing as background characters in most films and fiction. In Westerns about the 1910 Mexican Revolution, however, civil professionals also feature prominently in the narrative, often as members of the intelligentsia--an important force in Mexican politics. This book compares the roles of civil professionals in most American Westerns to those in films on the 1910 Mexican Revolution. Included are studies on the Santiago Toole novels by Richard Wheeler, Strange Lady in Town with Greer Garson and La sombra del Caudillo by Martín Luis Guzmán"--Back cover.

Contents:

1 Professional Case Studies: Doctors on the Frontier p. 7

2 Professional Allies: Lawyers, Gunsmiths and Other Fixers p. 30

3 Masquerades: Civil Professionals in Disguise p. 66

4 Encroachments of Culture: The Frontier in History and Fiction p. 108

5 Professionals as Civilization Meets Barbarism p. 115

6 Professionals Across the Border: Mexican Revolution Fiction and "Professional Westerns" p. 131.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786497294

0786497297

OCLC:

1105929601