Professionals in Western film and fiction : the portrayal of doctors, lawyers, journalists, clergymen and others /

"This book compares the roles of civil professionals in most American Westerns to those in work on the 1910 Mexican Revolution. Included are studies on the Santiago Toole novels by Richard Wheeler, Strange Lady in Town with Greer Garson and La sombra del Caudillo by Martín Luis Guzmán"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hall, Kenneth E., 1954- (Author)
Other Authors:	Noçon, Peter (writer of foreword.), Bischoff, Peter (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2019]
Subjects:	Western stories > History and criticism. American fiction > West (U.S.) > History and criticism. Mexican fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Western films > United States > History and criticism. Professional employees in literature. Professional employees in motion pictures. Mexico > History > Revolution, 1910-1920 > Literature and the war. Mexico > History > Revolution, 1910-1920 > Motion pictures and the war. Professions in literature. Motion pictures. History.

Table of Contents:

Professional case study : doctors on the frontier
Professional allies : doctors, journalists, and other fixers
Masquerades : civil professionals in disguise
Encroachments of culture : the frontier in history and fiction
Professionals as civilization meets barbarism
Professionals across the border : Mexican Revolution fiction and "professional westerns".