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He was some kind of a man : masculinities in the B western /
He Was Some Kind of a Man: Masculinities in the B Western explores the construction and representation of masculinity in low-budget western movies made from the 1930s to the early 1950s. These films contained some of the mid-twentieth-century's most familiar names, especially for youngsters: co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waterloo, ON :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Film + media studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | He Was Some Kind of a Man: Masculinities in the B Western explores the construction and representation of masculinity in low-budget western movies made from the 1930s to the early 1950s. These films contained some of the mid-twentieth-century's most familiar names, especially for youngsters: cowboys such as Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and Red Ryder. The first serious study of a body of films that was central to the youth of two generations, He Was Some Kind of a Man combines the author's childhood fascination with this genre with an interdisciplinary scholarly exploration of the films influ. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 208 pages) : portraits. |
| Premios: | ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards (nominated), 2009 |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 155458289X 9781554582891 1554580595 9781554580590 |