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1 online resource (x, 260 pages) |
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Cinema and Society |
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Cinema and society.
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Cover; Half-title; endorsement; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; General Editor's Introduction; Introduction; Discussing the Western: the critical landscape; The Hollywood Western's representation of the 'Other' in brief and the structure of my study; Part I Indians in Europe: Indianthusiasm and the Representation of American Indians in West German Westerns; 1 West German Westerns: International Reception and Local Influences; Early affiliations and Nazi propaganda; The post war years and ethnic drag; Anthropology, Romanticism and German popular cinema |
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2 The Representation of Indians in American Westerns'Bad' Indians outnumber 'good' Indians: The Big Trail (1930); Routed by the US Army: savage Indians and the 'Cavalry Trilogy' (1948-1950); Race relations and the pro-Indian Westerns: Broken Arrow (1950); Indians and Hollywood in the 1960s; 3 The Representation of Indians in West German Westerns; A new kind of cinematic Indian: Winnetou and The Treasure of Silver Lake (1962); Winnetou's central and commanding presence; Allegorical references to the recent past 1: the aesthetic of war |
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Allegorical references to the recent past 2: fascist figureheads, genocide and war crimes trialsThe significance of the landscape; Romanticism, Mountain films, inter-generational conflict and notions of Heimat; Groundbreaking representations of interracial romances: Winnetou the Warrior (1963) and Last of the Renegades (1964); Positive representations of 'mixed-blood' characters: The half-breed (1966); Part II Emancipation all'Italiana: The Representation of African Americans in Italian Westerns; 4 Italian Westerns: International Reception and Local Influences; Political stirrings |
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Leone, Morricone and examples of the more obviously 'local'The Southern Italians as 'Others'; Italy, Africa and images of black ethnicity in Italian cinema; The racial palimpsest in Italian Westerns; The circus and the street fair; 5 The Representation of Blacks in American Westerns; Early representations; A new black archetype: Vera Cruz (1954); The 'civil rights' Westerns of the 1960s; Reassessing black presence in 1960s US Westerns: Duel at Diablo (1966); The representation of black females in American Westerns; The Blaxploitation Westerns of the 1970s |
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6 The Representation of Blacks in Italian WesternsRethinking the Black Venus: Lola Colt (1967) and The Great Silence (1968); Empowering the restricted black gaze; Freeing the fixed black female body; 'Sticking it to the Man' and interracial relationships; The black female action heroine; Reimagining the black male Westerner: Ace High (1968) and Boot Hill (1969); Finding the carnivalesque in Colizzi's films; Connecting the carnivalesque to Colizzi's black characters; Black anti-heroes; Part III Funny Men and Strong Women: The Representation of Frontier Femmes in British Westerns |
| Summary |
Focuses on previously unstudied Italian, German and British films The Western has always been inextricably linked to the USA, and studies have continually sought to connect its historical development to changes in American society and Hollywood innovations. Focusing new critical attention on films produced in Germany, Italy and Britain, this timely book offers a radical rereading of the evolutionary history of the Western and brings a vital international dimension to its study. Lee Broughton argues not only that European films possess a special significance in terms of the genre's global development, but also that many offered groundbreaking and progressive representations of traditional Wild West Òthers': Native Americans, African Americans and so-called s̀trong women'. European Westerns investigates how the histories of Germany, Italy and Britain - and the idiosyncrasies of their respective national film industries - influenced representations of the self and Òther', shedding light on the broader cultural, historical and political contexts that shaped European engagement with the genre |
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Focuses on previously unstudied Italian, German and British films |
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Includes select filmography, bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Western films -- Europe
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Gender identity in motion pictures.
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Race in motion pictures.
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Black people in motion pictures
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Women in motion pictures.
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Spaghetti Westerns.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Women in motion pictures
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Black people in motion pictures
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Gender identity in motion pictures
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Race in motion pictures
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Western films
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Performing Arts.
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780857727381 |
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0857727389 |
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9780857729408 |
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0857729403 |
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1350988626 |
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9781350988620 |
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