Cowboy politics : myths and discourses in popular westerns from The Virginian to Unforgiven and Deadwood /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nelson, John S., 1950- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Series:	Politics, literature, & film.
Subjects:	American fiction > West (U.S.) > History and criticism. Politics and literature > United States > History. West (U.S.) > In literature. Western films > United States > History and criticism. Motion pictures > Political aspects > United States. Western television programs > United States > History and criticism. Television programs > Political aspects > United States.

Table of Contents:

"The signs in this book spoke to him": the western craft of culture and convention
"The stories of the West are many": the western craft of dream and daring
"Strike first and then give tongue": the western culture of honor and anger
"Without law, man becomes a beast": the western culture of rationality and sovereignty
"The cowboy represents that independent spirit": the western culture of individuals and nations
"Live with honor and [leave] our mark": the western culture of honor and character
"What's he going to get out of this?": the western culture of interest and character
"Why had he waited so long to speak?": the western craft of pride and performance
"A track is not only marks upon the earth": the western craft of faces and traces
"It's not revenge he's after; it's a reckoning": the western culture of fear and terror
"Accurate description [with] poetry to the language": the western craft of myth and symbol
"A show had to be real and yet not real": the western craft of celebrity and spectacle
"Revenge broke it, and disease": the western craft of forgiving and forgetting
"Tell him something pretty": the western craft of word and deed
"In whose keeping would the horse have been?": the western culture of horizons and responsibilities.