Dream West : politics and religion in cowboy movies /
Douglas Brode.
- First edition.
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013
- 378 p. : ill.
- Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; number 41 .
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"Overturns conventional thinking that the Western genre is essentially conservative. Instead, Brode demonstrates that Hollywood liberals used Westerns to espouse a progressive agenda on a range of issues, including gun control, environmental protection, respect for non-Christian belief systems, and community cohesion versus rugged individualism. Doug Brode takes a new look at dozens of Westerns, including Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Red River, 3:10 to Yuma (old and new), The Wild Ones, High Noon, My Darling Clementine, The Alamo, and No Country for Old Men"--
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Western films--History and criticism. Politics in motion pictures. Religion in motion pictures. PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.