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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Amsterdam Univ Pr
Publication date
June 5, 2006
Pages
459
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9789053568323
ISBN-10
9053568328
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.75 by 9.50 in.
Weight
2.10 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Europe
Original list price
$80.00
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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The Western film is inextricably tied to American culture: untamed landscapes, fiercely independent characters, and an unwavering distinction between good and evil. Yet Westerns began in the early twentieth century as far more fluid works of comedy, adventure, and historical explorations of the frontier landscape. Nanna Verhoeff examines here the earliest films made in the Western genre and proposes the thought-provoking argument that these little-studied films demand new ways of considering Westerns and the history of cinema.Â
Verhoeff analyzes the earliest American and European Westernsâmade between 1894 and 1915âand finds them to be an international repository for anxieties about modernity and identity, not the instructional morality tales we assume them to be. She draws on an array of archival materialsâphotography, paintings, Wild West shows, popular ethnographic studies, and pulp literatureâto locate these early Westerns more precisely in their original social and cultural contexts. These early filmsâwhich coincided with the âclosingâ of the West and rises in rates of immigration, railroad travel, and urbanizationâdrove the transformation of film, Verhoeff argues, from just another new technology into the dominant cultural vehicle for dealing with issues of national and personal nostalgia, as well as uncertainty in the face of modernity. From these fragmentary early films Verhoeff extracts a rich historical analysis that radically reorients our view of the first two decades of cinema history in America and provocatively connects the evolution of Westerns to our transition today into a new media culture.Â
The West in Early Cinema challenges established history and criticism of the Western film and will be an invaluable resource for the film scholar and John Wayne fan alike.
Verhoeff analyzes the earliest American and European Westernsâmade between 1894 and 1915âand finds them to be an international repository for anxieties about modernity and identity, not the instructional morality tales we assume them to be. She draws on an array of archival materialsâphotography, paintings, Wild West shows, popular ethnographic studies, and pulp literatureâto locate these early Westerns more precisely in their original social and cultural contexts. These early filmsâwhich coincided with the âclosingâ of the West and rises in rates of immigration, railroad travel, and urbanizationâdrove the transformation of film, Verhoeff argues, from just another new technology into the dominant cultural vehicle for dealing with issues of national and personal nostalgia, as well as uncertainty in the face of modernity. From these fragmentary early films Verhoeff extracts a rich historical analysis that radically reorients our view of the first two decades of cinema history in America and provocatively connects the evolution of Westerns to our transition today into a new media culture.Â
The West in Early Cinema challenges established history and criticism of the Western film and will be an invaluable resource for the film scholar and John Wayne fan alike.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Amsterdam Univ Pr (June 5, 2006)
9789053568323 | details & prices | 459 pages | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 2.10 lbs | List price $80.00
About: The Western film is inextricably tied to American culture: untamed landscapes, fiercely independent characters, and an unwavering distinction between good and evil.
About: The Western film is inextricably tied to American culture: untamed landscapes, fiercely independent characters, and an unwavering distinction between good and evil.
Paperback
from Amsterdam Univ Pr (June 5, 2006)
9789053568316 | details & prices | 459 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.80 lbs | List price $35.95
About: The Western film is inextricably tied to American culture: untamed landscapes, fiercely independent characters, and an unwavering distinction between good and evil.
About: The Western film is inextricably tied to American culture: untamed landscapes, fiercely independent characters, and an unwavering distinction between good and evil.
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