Cowboys As Cold Warriors: The Western and U.S. History (Culture and the Moving Image)
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Though the United States emerged from World War II with superpower status and quickly entered a period of economic prosperity, the stresses and contradictions of the Cold War nevertheless cast a shadow over American life. The same period marked the heyday of the western film. Cowboys as Cold Warriors shows that this was no coincidence. It examines many of the significant westerns released between 1946 and 1962, analyzing how they responded to and influenced the cultural climate of the country.
Author Stanley Corkin discusses a dozen films in detail, connecting them to each other and to numerous others. He considers how these cultural productions both embellished the myth of the American frontier and reflected the era in which they were made.
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The classic westerns read as fables
Cowboys As Cold Warriors: The Western and U.S. History (Culture and the Moving Image)
Cowboys As Cold Warriors: The Western and U.S. History (Culture and the Moving Image),Stanley Corkin,Temple University Press,1592132545,Cold War in motion pictures,Film & Video - General,General,History,History and criticism,History: American,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,United States,United States - General,Western films
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