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Though the United States emerged from World War II with superpower status and quickly entered a period of economic prosperity, the stresses and contradictions of the Cold War nevertheless cast a shadow over American life. The same period marked the heyday of the western film. Cowboys as Cold Warriors shows that this was no coincidence. It examines many of the significant westerns released between 1946 and 1962, analyzing how they responded to and influenced the cultural climate of the country. Author Stanley Corkin discusses a dozen films in detail, connecting them to each other and to numerous others. He considers how these cultural productions both embellished the myth of the American frontier and reflected the era in which they were made.
Films discussed include: My Darling Clementine, Red River, Duel in the Sun, Pursued, Fort Apache, Broken Arrow, The Gunfighter, High Noon, Shane, The Searchers, Gunfight at the OK Corral, The Magnificent Seven, The Alamo, Lonely Are the Brave, Ride the High Country, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
Films discussed include: My Darling Clementine, Red River, Duel in the Sun, Pursued, Fort Apache, Broken Arrow, The Gunfighter, High Noon, Shane, The Searchers, Gunfight at the OK Corral, The Magnificent Seven, The Alamo, Lonely Are the Brave, Ride the High Country, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
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Publisher
Temple University PressYear
2004Print ISBN
9781592132546, 9781592132539eBook ISBN
9781439905685Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Westerns, U.S. History, and the Cold War
- 1. Cowboys, Free Markets, Wyatt Earp, and Thomas Dunson: My Darling Clementine and Red River
- 2. Melodrama and the Feminine Means to Empire: Duel in the Sun, Pursued, and Fort Apache
- 3. Cold War Westerns and the Law of the Gun: Broken Arrow and The Gunfighter
- 4. Korea, Containment, and Nationalism: High Noon, Shane, and The Searchers
- 5. Modernization Theory, Political Discord, and Intervention: Gunfight at the OK Corral, The Magnificent Seven, and The Alamo
- 6. Imperialist Nostalgia and the Road to Vietnam: Lonely Are the Brave, Ride the High Country, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index