Feminism and the Western in Film and Television
This book works to complicate and push against common arguments that the Western from its inception is an anti-feminist genre. By focusing on representations of women professionals in Westerns, it shows that women in cinematic and televisual Westerns some
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Mark E. Wildermuth
Feminism and the Western in Film and Television
Mark E. Wildermuth Department of Literature and Languages University of Texas of the Permian Basin Odessa, TX, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-77000-0 ISBN 978-3-319-77001-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77001-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018936577 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: chipstudio/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images Cover design: Fatima Jamadar Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
This book is dedicated to my sister Victoria who knew the genre was hers.
Acknowledgements
I must thank the University of Texas and the Dunagan Endowment for gracious financial support during the writing and the researching of this book. Special thanks also go to the Interlibrary Loan Staff at UT for their fine performance in providing materials for researching this study. I am also grateful to my research assistant Abigail Nau for invaluable help provided for finishing this book. Thanks go to Amy Smith and the editorial board of Lamar Journal of the Humanities for allowing me, in Chapter 6 of this book, to reprint in altered form my article “Feminism and the Frontier,” which appeared in volume XLI, No. 1, Spring 2016 of their publication. Thanks also to the late Dr. Peter Brunette, Reynolds Professor of Film at Wake Forest University, whose scholarship and kind guidance have taught many of us so much about film, media and the profession. And finally, special thanks go to Dr. Annette Kolodny, Professor Emerita of American Literature and Culture at the University of Arizona for helpful adv
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