Captivating Westerns : the Middle East in the American West /

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"Tracing the transnational influences of what has been known as a uniquely American genre, "the Western," Susan Kollin's Captivating Westerns analyzes key moments in the history of multicultural encounters between the Middle East and the American West. In particular, the book exa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kollin, Susan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
Colección:Postwestern horizons.
Temas:
American literature > West (U.S.) > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
American literature.
Literature.
Motion pictures.
West (U.S.) > In literature.
Middle East > In literature.
West (U.S.) > In motion pictures.
Middle East > In motion pictures.
Middle East.
West United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Transnational Cowboys and the Middle East
  • 1. "I Longed to Be an Arab": The Eastern Originsof the Western
  • 2. From the Moors: The Easts and Wests of Willa Cather
  • 3. On Savagery and Civilization: Buffalo Bill and the East
  • 4. The Persian Peddler and the Egyptian Elixir: Racial Intimacies in Oklahoma!
  • 5. Specters of Loss: Violence and the National Missionin Post- 9/11 Westerns
  • 6. East of the Spaghetti Western: Global Travelsof the Genre
  • Conclusion: Once Upon a Time in the Middle EastNotes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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