Love in Western Film and Television Lonely Hearts and Happy Trails

This collection of ground-breaking articles examines problems romance presents in the American Western. Looking a range of films, this book offers readers important and challenging insights into the complicated nature of love and the versatile frontier na

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Love in Western Film and Television

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Lonely Hearts and Happy Trails

Edited by

Sue Matheson

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Love in Western Film and Television

LOVE IN WESTERN FILM AND TELEVISION

Copyright © Sue Matheson, 2013.

First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the World, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–27293–5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Integra Software Services First edition: January 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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List of Figures

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction Sue Matheson

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1 Virgins, Widows, and Whores: The Bride Pool of the John Wayne Westerns Helen M. Lewis

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2 Only a Woman After All? Gender Dynamics in the Westerns of Barbara Stanwyck A. P. Nelson

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3 Violence, Vi