Hollywood westerns and American myth : the importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for political philosophy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pippin, Robert B., 1948-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2010]
Series:	Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics.
Subjects:	Western films > History and criticism. National characteristics, American, in motion pictures. Politics in motion pictures. Hawks, Howard, > 1896-1977 > Criticism and interpretation. Ford, John, > 1894-1973 > Criticism and interpretation.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Red River and the right to rule
Who cares who shot Liberty Valance? : the heroic and the prosaic in The man who shot Liberty Valance
Politics and self-knowledge in The searchers
Conclusion.