The Visual Language of Gender and Family in the Western

The family is crucial for both the narrative strategies and ideological concerns of the Western genre. The plot variant tracing the relations between the Western hero and different family members is one among a plethora of ways in which the genre has addressed the subject. Despite being an important...

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Published inPapers on language & literature Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 3 - 115
Main Authors Carter, Matthew, Paryz, Marek
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Edwardsville Southern Illinois University 01.01.2018
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Subjects
Daves, Delmer (1904-1977)
Editors
Families & family life
Femininity
Gender
Genre
Ideology
Masculinity
Motion picture directors & producers
Plot (Narrative)
Politics
Theme
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ISSN0031-1294

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Summary:The family is crucial for both the narrative strategies and ideological concerns of the Western genre. The plot variant tracing the relations between the Western hero and different family members is one among a plethora of ways in which the genre has addressed the subject. Despite being an important theme of the Western, however, and despite the attention that scholars have paid to the genre's preoccupation with identity politics and the issues of femininity and masculinity with which the motifs of family life are naturally connected, the family does not feature prominently in existing Western/frontier scholarship. These tensions are often reflected in the genre's constructions of gender. This thematic dimension of the Western can be derived from the myth of the frontier that centers on masculine dominance. Here, Carter and Paryz seek to centralize focus on the family.
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ISSN:0031-1294