Weird Westerns : race, gender, genre / edited by Kerry Fine, Michael K. Johnson, Rebecca M. Lush, and Sara L. Spurgeon.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Fine, Kerry, 1974- editor. |
| Other author/creator | Johnson, Michael K. (Michael Kyle), 1963- editor. |
| Other author/creator | Lush, Rebecca M., editor. |
| Other author/creator | Spurgeon, Sara L., editor. |
| Series | Postwestern Horizons Postwestern horizons. ^A563724 |
| Contents | Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. Attack of the Monstrous Vegetable -- 2. Strange Country -- 3. A Selective History -- Part 2 -- 4. Mongrel Transmotion -- 5. Indianizing the Western -- 6. Magnificence and Metas in Professional Westerns -- Part 3 -- 7. Defamiliarizing the Western on the Extraterrestrial Frontier -- 8. Shining the Light of Civilization -- 9. Racial Metaphors and Vanishing indians in Wynonna Earp, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Emma Bull's Territory -- Part 4 -- 10. The Mad Black Woman in Stephen King's The Dark Tower |
| Contents | 11. Uncle Tom's Cabin Showdown -- 12. Race and Gender in the Time Travel Western -- Part 5 -- 13. Go West, Old Man -- 14. AMC's The Walking Dead and the Restructuring of Gender and Race on the Neofrontier -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index -- About Kerry Fine -- About Michael K. Johnson -- About Rebecca M. Lush -- About Sara L. Spurgeon -- Series List |
| Abstract | "Weird Westerns is an exploration of the hybrid genre of the weird western, analyzing movies, TV shows, and comic books such as Django Unchained, The Walking Dead, and Wynonna Earp"-- Provided by publisher |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 06, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Fine, Kerry, 1974- Weird Westerns : Race, Gender, Genre. Lincoln : Nebraska, ©2020 9781496221162 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 9781496221742 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1496221745 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781496221766 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1496221761 (electronic book) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctv134c36v JSTOR |
| Stock number | 1209E778-26E5-4228-BE60-B1DDBB4B7277 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |