Hollywood westerns and American myth : the importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for political philosophy

Publication Data

• Title Hollywood westerns and American myth : the importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for political philosophy
• Author Robert B. Pippin
• Publisher Yale University Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location New Haven, Conn.
• Language English

Contents

Introduction
Red River and the right to rule
Who cares who shot Liberty Valance? : the heroic and the prosaic in The man who shot Liberty Valance
Politics and self-knowledge in The searchers
Conclusion.

Topics

• Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Ford, John, 1894-1973 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Western films :: History and criticism
• National characteristics, American, in motion pictures
• Politics in motion pictures

Hollywood westerns and American myth : the importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for political philosophy by Robert B. Pippin. ISBN 9780300145779. Published by Yale University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.