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4+ YearsPublisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
ISBN 13 | 9780197744055 |
ISBN 10 | 197744052 |
Book Description | "Even in the earliest "Wild West" subjects, the lens of settler colonialism reveals major tropes that will become characteristic of westerns in their depiction of "our country"'s expansion across the North American continent. Single and split-reel fi |
About the Author | Richard Abel is Emeritus Professor of International Cinema and Media at the University of Michigan. The most recent of his dozen books is Movie Mavens: US Newspaper Women Take on the Movies, 1914-1923 (2021). His essays have appeared in scores of journals and been translated into five languages. He received the 2014 SCMS Distinguished Career Achievement Award and the 2017 Jean Mitry Award. |
Language | English |
Author | Emeritus Professor of International Cinema and Media Richard Abel |
Publication Date | 2023-11-14 |
Number of Pages | 256 pages |
Our Country/Whose Country?: Early Westerns and Travel Films as Stories of Sett