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- Title
The American West(s) in Film, Television, and History Introduction.
- Authors
Carmichael, Deborah
- Abstract
This article introduces essays that examine the American West in film, television, and history. As was confirmed by the hundreds of scholars attending the 2002 conference, American West(s) in Film, Television, and History, interest in film and television representations of the American West robustly continues into the twenty-first century. The essays included illustrate the thoughtful and thought-provoking presentations shared at the conference and lay to rest the paeans for Western movies as in 1974. The Western film genre, as the essays demonstrate, allegedly remains relevant in U.S. cultural studies. Although New West historians rightly underscore the importance of revisiting and rethinking how the frontier became situated in the national psyche, enthroning a short historical period as the expression of Americanness while excluding consideration of the consequences of Manifest Destiny on groups outside the Anglo-American community, the fact remains that the Western narrative from dime novel to made-for-television movie, still resonates as an embodiment of national identity. In addition, the cinematic reconstructions of the saga of the American West have been organized as a journey through the history of both film and nation, moving from the 1930s to the 1990s.
- Subjects
UNITED States; WESTERN films; ESSAYS; TELEVISION &; history; MOTION pictures &; history; MADE-for-TV movies; WEST (U.S.) in motion pictures
- Publication
Film & History (03603695), 2003, Vol 33, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
0360-3695
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/flm.2005.0001