The New Western: Critical Essays on the Genre Since 9/11

Synopsis

Since 9/11, The Western Has Seen A Resurgence, Blending Its Patriotic Narrative With Criticism Of America's Place. Exploring Such Films As True Grit (2010) And Brokeback Mountain (2005), Along With Series Like Deadwood And Firefly, This Collection Of New Essays Explores How The Western Today Captures The Dichotomy Of Our Times And Remains Important To The American Psyche-- Part I: Familiar Landscapes -- Built Ford Tough: The Sincerity Of John Ford And The Persistence Of The American Western / Arthur Redding -- It Was Justified: Visceral Violence In The New Television Western: Deadwood, Hell On Wheels And Justified / Patrick Condliffe -- Part Ii: New Westerns In Dialogue -- Fooling Around With Papa's Pistol: Avenging Patriarchy In True Grit / Jenna Hunnef -- Coen, Coen On The Range: Rooster Gogburn(s) And Domestic Space / Joseph S. Walker -- The Beginning And The End: Gay Representations In Brokeback Mountain And 3:10 To Yuma / Vincent Piturro -- Brokeback Mountain Queering The Legend: Historical Hegemony And Masculine Memory / Scott F. Stoddart -- Part Iii: New Frontiers -- The Post-9/11 Mohecan: Avatar And The Transformation Of The Manifest Apology / Andrew Howe -- Security Or Freedom: Joss Whedon's Science Fiction Westerns, Firefly And Serenity / J. P. C. Brown -- Sixguns And The Shadowless Kick: Mythmaking And Generic Hybridization In Westerns And Martial Arts Fantasies / Fontaine Lien -- Part Iv: New Visions -- Reclaiming Past, Resisting Progression: Existential Tensions In Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption / Michael Samuel -- Alex Cox And The Hybrid Western / Matthew Sorrento -- The Vertical Frontier: Amir Naderi's Vegas And The End Of American Dream After 9/11 / Marco Grosoli -- Epiloge: New Visions, New Vistas: Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy And The New Western / Scott F. Stoddart. Edited By Scott F. Stoddart. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.