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Manifest Density: Decentering The Global Western Film, Michael D. Phillips Sep 2018

Manifest Density: Decentering The Global Western Film, Michael D. Phillips

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The Western is often seen as a uniquely American narrative form, one so deeply ingrained as to constitute a national myth. This perception persists despite its inherent shortcomings, among them its inapplicability to the many instances of filmmakers outside the United States appropriating the genre and thus undercutting this view of generic exceptionalism. As the Western has migrated across geographical boundaries, it has accrued potential significations that bring into question its direct alignment with national ideology and history. Rather than attempting to define the Western in terms of nation or myth, we should attend to how each new text reconfigures …


Review Of The Furies, Michael Adams Jan 2008

Review Of The Furies, Michael Adams

Publications and Research

Review of Anthony Mann's The Furies: http://www.media-party.com/discland/2008/07/the-furies.html


Review Of The River's Edge, Michael Adams Jan 2006

Review Of The River's Edge, Michael Adams

Publications and Research

Review of Allan Dwan's The River's Edge: http://www.media-party.com/discland/2006/07/the-rivers-edge-1957.html


Review Of Yellow Sky, Michael Adams Jan 2006

Review Of Yellow Sky, Michael Adams

Publications and Research

Review of William Wellman's 1948 Western, inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest.


Review Of Seven Men From Now, Michael Adams Jan 2005

Review Of Seven Men From Now, Michael Adams

Publications and Research

Review of Budd Boetticher's Seven Men from Now: http://www.media-party.com/discland/2006/01/seven-men-from-now.html