Cowboy politics : myths and discourses in popular westerns from the Virginian to Unforgiven and Deadwood /
John S. Nelson.
- Lanham : Lexington Books, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource.
- Politics, literature, and film .
Includes bibliographies and index.
"The signs in this book spoke to him": the western craft of culture and convention -- "The stories of the West are many": the western craft of dream and daring -- "Strike first and then give tongue": the western culture of honor and anger -- "Without law, man becomes a beast": the western culture of rationality and sovereignty -- "The cowboy represents that independent spirit": the western culture of individuals and nations -- "Live with honor and [leave] our mark": the western culture of honor and character -- "What's he going to get out of this?": the western culture of interest and character -- "Why had he waited so long to speak?": the western craft of pride and performance -- "A track is not only marks upon the earth": the western craft of faces and traces -- "It's not revenge he's after; it's a reckoning": the western culture of fear and terror -- "Accurate description [with] poetry to the language": the western craft of myth and symbol -- "A show had to be real and yet not real": the western craft of celebrity and spectacle -- "Revenge broke it, and disease": the western craft of forgiving and forgetting -- "Tell him something pretty": the western craft of word and deed -- "In whose keeping would the horse have been?": the western culture of horizons and responsibilities.
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American fiction--History and criticism.--West (U.S.) Politics and literature--History.--United States Western films--History and criticism.--United States Motion pictures--Political aspects--United States. Western television programs--History and criticism.--United States Television programs--Political aspects--United States.