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Author Mortimer, Barbara A

Title Hollywood's Frontier Captives : Cultural Anxiety and the Captivity Plot in American Film
Published Florence : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages)
Series Studies in American Popular History and Culture Ser
Studies in American Popular History and Culture Ser
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1: The Captivity Narrative Tradition and Hollywood Film; Chapter 2: Resisting Rescue: The Problem of the Captive's Agency in The Searchers; Chapter 3: The Captive's Return and the Limits of Community in The Unforgiven, Two Rode Together, and Comanche Station; Chapter 4: Making a Name for Himself: The Captive as Adopted Son in A Man Called Horse and Little Big Man; Chapter 5: The Captivity Plot and the Politics of Postmodernism in Taxi Driver; Chapter 6: The Rescue Mission and the Recuperation of the Hero in the Vietnam War Film; Conclusion
Summary First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Bibliography FilmographyWorks Cited; Index
Notes Print version record
Subject Captivity in motion pictures.
Captivity in motion pictures
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317776758
1317776755