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

"Even in the earliest "Wild West" subjects, the lens of settler colonialism reveals major tropes that will become characteristic of westerns in their depiction of "our country"'s expansion across the North American continent. Single and split-reel fiction films initiall...

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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. Colonies in motion pictures Indigenous peoples in motion pictures Pioneers in motion pictures Silent films Western films Films, cinema. Performing Arts. United States 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

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

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