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520 8 a| Annotationb| This book explores the construction and representation of masculinity in low-budget western movies made from the 1930s to the early 1950s. These films contained some of the mid-twentieth-century's most familiar names, especially for youngsters: cowboys such as Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and Red Ryder. The first serious study of a body of films that was central to the youth of two generations, the book combines the author's childhood fascination with this genre with an interdisciplinary scholarly exploration of the films influence on modern views of masculinity. McGillis argues that the masculinity offered by these films is less one-dimensional than it is plural, perhaps contrary to expectations. Their deeply conservative values are edged with transgressive desire, and they construct a male figure who does not fit into binary categories, such as insider/outsider or masculine/feminine. Particularly relevant is the author's discussion of George W Bush as a cowboy and how his aspirations to cowboy ideals continue to shape American policy. This engagingly written book will appeal to the general reader interested in film, westerns, and contemporary culture as well as to scholars in film studies, gender studies, children's literature, and auto/biography.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

586 a| ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards (nominated), 2009;

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650 4 a| Motion Picturesx| History;

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He Was Some Kind of Man Masculinities in the B Western

Author/creator	McGillis, Roderick Author
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press North York : University of Toronto Press [Distributor]
Description	222 p. ill 08.990 x 05.990 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Masculinity Western Films Motion Pictures--History.

Series	Film and Media Studies
Summary	Annotation This book explores the construction and representation of masculinity in low-budget western movies made from the 1930s to the early 1950s. These films contained some of the mid-twentieth-century's most familiar names, especially for youngsters: cowboys such as Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and Red Ryder. The first serious study of a body of films that was central to the youth of two generations, the book combines the author's childhood fascination with this genre with an interdisciplinary scholarly exploration of the films influence on modern views of masculinity. McGillis argues that the masculinity offered by these films is less one-dimensional than it is plural, perhaps contrary to expectations. Their deeply conservative values are edged with transgressive desire, and they construct a male figure who does not fit into binary categories, such as insider/outsider or masculine/feminine. Particularly relevant is the author's discussion of George W Bush as a cowboy and how his aspirations to cowboy ideals continue to shape American policy. This engagingly written book will appeal to the general reader interested in film, westerns, and contemporary culture as well as to scholars in film studies, gender studies, children's literature, and auto/biography.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Awards note	ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards (nominated), 2009
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9781554580590
ISBN	1554580595 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier#	9781554580590
Stock number	00200625

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