What is a Western?: Region, Genre, Imagination

by Josh Garrett-Davis

There's "western," and then there's "Western"-and where history becomes myth is an evocative question, one of several questions posed by Josh Garrett-Davis in What Is a Western? Region, Genre, Imagination. Part cultural criticism, part history, and wholly entertaining, this series of essays on specific films, books, music, and other cultural texts brings a fresh perspective to long-studied topics. Under Garrett-Davis's careful observation, cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806163941
• ISBN13: 9780806163949
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.1"