Mavericks on the border : the early Southwest in historical fiction and film /

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The author analyzes metaphorical border crossings between ideologies and between cultures in films and novels set in the early US Southwest. In addition to seminal works such as Blood Meridian, Go Down Moses, and The Wild Bunch, he considers lesser-known American works, Chicano, Mexican, and Native...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Canfield, J. Douglas (John Douglas), 1941-2003 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2001.
Temas:
American fiction > Southwestern States > History and criticism.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts > Southwestern States.
Historical fiction, American > History and criticism.
Western stories > History and criticism.
Western films > History and criticism.
Roman américain > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) > Histoire et critique.
Écrivains américains > Résidences et lieux familiers > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest)
Westerns > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
American fiction.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts.
Historical fiction, American.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Western films.
Western stories.
Mexican-American Border Region > In literature.
Southwestern States > Intellectual life.
Southwestern States > In literature.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Dans la littérature.
États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) > Vie intellectuelle.
États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) > Dans la littérature.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
United States > Southwestern States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; MAVERICKS ON THE BORDER; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: SOUTH TO WEST; 1. Ike McCaslin's Failed Crossing: Go Down Moses; 2. Tragic Glory: A Bright Tragic Thing; 3. The Border of Becoming: Theodicy in Blood Meridian; PART II: NORTH OF THE BORDER; 4. Broken Arrow: Crossing as Gesture; 5. Lateral Freedom: Buffalo Soldiers; 6. Geronimo Framed; 7. Tombstone: Violence and the Secular; 8. ""I'd become my own mother"": Big Nose Kate in Doc Holliday's Woman; 9. L'État C'est moi: Gore vidal's Billy the Kid.
  • 10. ""Our Pearl beyond price"": I, Pearl HartPART III: SOUTH OF THE BORDER; 11. Lateral Crossing: Dreams of the Centaur; 12. The Impossible Crossing: The Wild Bunch; 13. ""Circles upon Circles"": Last Reveille; 14. Monsters from Below: Los de abajo; 15. The Feminizing of Freedom and Fulfillment: Como agua para chocolate; 16. Mirrors, Dreams, and Memory: Gringo viejo; 17. Epilogue: Crossing into Fascism in Bisbee; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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