From Shane to Kill Bill - Couverture souple

McGee, Patrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 140513965X ISBN 13 : 9781405139656

Editeur : W.B., 2006

Synopsis

From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western is an original and compelling critical history of the American Western film.

• Provides an insightful overview of the American Western genre
• Covers the entire history of the Western, from 1939 to the present
• Analyses Westerns as products of a genre, as well as expressions of political and social desires
• Deepens an audience's understanding of the genre's most important works, including Shane, Stagecoach, The Searchers, Unforgiven, and Kill Bill
• Contains numerous illustrations of the films and issues discussed.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Patrick McGee is Professor of English at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Cinema, Theory, and Political Responsibility in Contemporary Culture (1997) and Joyce Beyond Marx: History and Desire in 'Ulysses' and 'Finnegans Wake' (2001).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: W.B.
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 140513965X
• ISBN 13: 9781405139656
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 282
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible