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Overview
Many Western novels and movies provide insight into contemporary problems - such as sexism, racism, violence, and exploitation of the land - and advocate social change. Emmert demonstrates that such commentary is not new to Westerns; every generation has produced works that dared to criticize society. To illustrate this point, Emmert analyzes a range of Western novels and films produced prior to the late 1960s which broke with old formulas in order to comment on social ills.
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- ISBN-13: 9780893011949
- ISBN-10: 0893011940
- Publisher: Caxton Press
- Publish Date: January 1996
- Dimensions: 9.31 x 6.27 x 0.82 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.04 pounds
- Page Count: 212
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