The West in early cinema after the beginning /

The West in early cinema [electronic resource] : after the beginning / Nanna Verhoeff.

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Verhoeff investigates the emergence of the western genre, made in the first two decades of cinema (1895-1915). By analyzing many unknown and forgotten films from international archives she traces the relationships between films about the American West, their surrounding films, and other popular medi...

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Online Access: Full Text (via JSTOR)
Main Author: Verhoeff, Nanna
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2006.
Series:Film culture in transition.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > History.
Western films > History and criticism.
Motion pictures.
Western films.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. After-effects. Bits & Pieces
  • City Limits
  • Deconstructing the Other
  • Easterns
  • Facts and Fictions
  • Genre
  • 2. Coincidences. History Lessons
  • Instant Nostalgia
  • Jeopardy
  • KaleidoscopicWorlds
  • Landscapes
  • Modernities
  • 3. Strategies. Narrativity
  • Old Timers
  • Picture Postcards
  • Questioning Categories
  • Riding the Wilderness
  • Spectacle
  • Time Travel
  • 4. Practices. Universal Ambition
  • Virtual Museums
  • Wild West Show
  • X-Rated
  • Young Wild Women
  • Zooming In, Zapping, Zooming Out.

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