From Shane to Kill Bill

Download or read book From Shane to Kill Bill written by Patrick McGee and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2006-04-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western is an original and compelling critical history of the American Western film. Provides an insightful overview of the American Western genre Covers the entire history of the Western, from 1939 to the present Analyses Westerns as products of a genre, as well as expressions of political and social desires Deepens an audience’s understanding of the genre’s most important works, including Shane, Stagecoach, The Searchers, Unforgiven, and Kill Bill Contains numerous illustrations of the films and issues discussed.