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Politics, Culture, and Civic Virtue in the Films of John Ford
Herausgeber: Pearson, Sidney A

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Produktbeschreibung

What kind of civic culture and virtues are required to maintain and develop a decent regime? The aim of this collection is to explore this theme from the perspective of the films of John Ford.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9780739135624
• ISBN-10: 0739135627
• Artikelnr.: 26203592

Autorenporträt

Edited by Sidney A. Pearson Jr. - Contributions by John Marini; Brigid McMenamin; David K. Nichols; Anne R. Pierce; Matthew J. Franck; Gwen Brown; Mary P. Nichols; Paul A. Cantor; J. David Alvis; John E. Alvis and James F. Pontuso

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Defending the West: John Ford
and the Creation of the Epic Western Chapter 3 Chapter 2. The Blessings of
Civilization: John Ford's Stagecoach Chapter 4 Chapter 3. John Ford's
Revolutionary Americans: Drums Along the Mohawk Chapter 5 Chapter 4.
Modernity and the Destruction of Boundaries: John Ford's The Grapes of
Wrath Chapter 6 Chapter 5. On the Threshold of Modernity: John Ford's How
Green Was My Valley Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Heroes and Political Communities
in John Ford's Westerns: The Role of Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine
Chapter 8 Chapter 7. The Western and the Western Drama: John Ford's The
Searchers and the Oresteia Chapter 9 Chapter 8. Heroic Virtue and the
Limits of Democracy in John Ford's The Searchers Chapter 10 Chapter 9.
Honor, Duty, and Civic Virtue: John Ford's Mr. Roberts and The Last Hurrah
Chapter 11 Why it is Tough to be the Second Toughest Guy in a Tough Town:
John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance