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The Invention of the Western Film|Scott Simmon

The Invention of the Western Film : A Cultural History of the Genre's First Half Century

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The Invention of the Western Film ranges across literature, visual arts, social history, ideology, and legend to provide, for the first time, an in-depth exploration of the early Western, from short kinetoscopes of the 1890s through "classic" features of the 1940s. By examining the American Indian's rise and demise during the silent era, B- Westerns of the 1930s, and film noir-influenced Westerns of the 1940s, Scott Simmon's pioneering study silhouettes the genre's evolution against a myriad of cultural forces. This lively, encyclopedic book revitalizes familiar Western icons John Wayne and John Ford, and recovers forgotten masterworks from the Western film's formative years.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780521554732
  • ISBN-10: 052155473X
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: February 2004
  • Dimensions: 8.74 x 6.74 x 1.17 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
  • Page Count: 410

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