Hollywood Westerns and American Myth: The Importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for Political Philosophy (Castle Lectures in Ethics, Politics, & ... Series in Ethics, Politics & Economics)

by RobertB.Pippin (Author)

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  2011

  $36.06

  Explores the status and authority of law and the nature of political allegiance through close readings of three classic Hollywood Westerns: Howard Hawks' Red River and John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Searchers . The author treats these films as sophisticated mythic accounts of a key moment in American history.