John Wayne's world : transnational masculinity in the fifties /

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Connecting John Wayne’s films to the transnational historical context of the 1950s, this book argues that Wayne’s depictions of heroic masculinity dovetailed with the rise of Hollywood’s cultural dominance and the development of global capitalism after World War II.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Meeuf, Russell, 1981-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Wayne, John, > 1907-1979.
1900-1999
Motion picture industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Motion pictures and globalization.
Nineteen fifties.
Masculinité au cinéma.
Cinéma et mondialisation.
Années cinquante (Vingtième siècle)
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Motion picture industry.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : reexamining John Wayne
  • The emergence of "John Wayne" : Red River, global masculinity, and Wayne's romantic anxieties
  • Exile, community, and wandering : international migration and the spatial dynamics of modernity in John Ford's cavalry trilogy
  • John Wayne's cold war : mass tourism and the anticommunist crusade
  • John Wayne's body : Technicolor and 3-D anxieties in Hondo and the Searchers
  • John Wayne's Africa : European colonialism versus U.S. global leadership in Legend of the lost
  • John Wayne's Japan : international production, global trade, and John Wayne's diplomacy in The Barbarian and the Geisha
  • Men at work in tight spaces : masculinity, professionalism, and politics in Rio Bravo and The Alamo
  • Conclusion : The man who shot Liberty Valance and nostalgia for John Wayne's world.

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