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9780252065279

Wanted Dead or Alive : The American West in Popular Culture

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  • ISBN13:

    9780252065279

  • ISBN10:

    0252065271

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-07-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

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Summary

Wanted Dead or Alive presents the first ever comprehensive look at how the American West has been depicted in popular culture. Following Richard Aquila's introduction, which examines the birth and growth of the pop culture West in the context of American history, noted expects explore developments in popular western fiction, major forms of live western entertainment, trends in western movies and television shows, images of the West in popular music, and visual images of the West in popular art and advertising. For the reader on the trail of even more information, each section of the book concludes with suggestions for further reading.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: The Pop Culture Westp. 1
Malaeska's Revenge; or, The Dime Novel Tradition in Popular Fictionp. 21
Writers of the Purple Sage: Novelists and the American Westp. 43
Let'er Rip: Popular Culture Images of the American West in Wild West Shows, Rodeos, and Rendezvousp. 73
Westbound: Feature Films and the American Westp. 109
The Good Guys Wore White Hats: The B Western in American Culturep. 135
Prime-Time Bonanza! The Western on Televisionp. 160
A Blaze of Glory: The Mythic West in Pop and Rock Musicp. 191
Cool Water, Rye Whiskey, and Cowboys: Images of the West in Country Musicp. 216
Viewing the West: The Popular Culture of American Western Paintingp. 243
Selling the Myth: Western Images in Advertisingp. 269
Contributorsp. 293
Indexp. 295
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