Our country/whose country? : early Westerns and travel films as stories of settler colonialism /

"The concept of settler colonialism offers an invaluable lens to reframe early westerns and travel films as re-enactments of this country's repressed past. The films stage a remarkable vision of white settlers' westward expansion that reveals a transformation in what “American Progres...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Abel, Richard, 1941- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Western films > United States > History and criticism. Silent films > United States > History and criticism. Pioneers in motion pictures. Colonies in motion pictures. Indigenous peoples in motion pictures. Westerns > États-Unis > Histoire et critique. Films muets > États-Unis > Histoire et critique. Pionniers au cinéma. Colonies au cinéma. Autochtones au cinéma. Americas (North. HISTORY. Film & Video. PERFORMING ARTS. History & Criticism. Colonies in motion pictures Indigenous peoples in motion pictures Pioneers in motion pictures Silent films Western films United States Films, cinema. Performing Arts. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Cover
Our Country/Whose Country?
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. Wild West Subjects to 1910
Touring the West 1
2. Single-Reel Westerns, 1910-1913
Touring the West 2
3. Multiple-Reel Westerns, 1912-1914
Touring the West 3
4. William S. Hart, "The Man with the Face That Talks"
Touring the West 4
5. Harry Carey, Tom Mix, and Douglas Fairbanks
Afterword: Looking Backward to Look Ahead
Notes
Bibliography
Index