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Author: Cynthia J. Miller ,
A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Imprint: Scarecrow Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.635kg
ISBN: 9780810885448
ISBN 10: 0810885441
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 17 August 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
No other such treatment of the topic [undead Western] exists. . . .The contributions provide valuable insights and arguments into the cultural value of this hybrid film genre. . . .The group of essays will interest scholars of horror and Westerns alike. As the strict protocols of genre fiction become less defined and more fluid among juxtaposed subgenres, collections such as this one from Miller and Van Riper will become more valuable to teachers and students of film and cultural studies. This collection is particularly valuable in its redefining of the revisionist Western, its attention to lesser known horror works, and its . . . subtle explorations of adapted narratives and text clusters. * Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts * No other such treatment of the topic [undead Western] exists...The contributions provide valuable insights and arguments into the cultural value of this hybrid film genre...The group of essays will interest scholars of horror and Westerns alike. As the strict protocols of genre fiction become less defined and more fluid among juxtaposed subgenres, collections such as this one from Miller and Van Riper will become more valuable to teachers and students of film and cultural studies. This collection is particularly valuable in its redefining of the revisionist Western, its attention to lesser known horror works, and its ... subtle explorations of adapted narratives and text clusters. Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
No other such treatment of the topic [undead Western] exists...The contributions provide valuable insights and arguments into the cultural value of this hybrid film genre...The group of essays will interest scholars of horror and Westerns alike. As the strict protocols of genre fiction become less defined and more fluid among juxtaposed subgenres, collections such as this one from Miller and Van Riper will become more valuable to teachers and students of film and cultural studies. This collection is particularly valuable in its redefining of the revisionist Western, its attention to lesser known horror works, and its ... subtle explorations of adapted narratives and text clusters. Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
Author Information
Cynthia J. Miller is the Film Review Editor of Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies, and she serves as President of the Literature/Film Association, as well as editorial advisory board member for The Encyclopedia of Women and Popular Culture. She is the editor of Too Bold for the Box Office: The Mockumentary from Big Screen to Small (Scarecrow, 2012). A. Bowdoin Van Riper is a historian who specializes in depictions of science and technology in popular culture. His publications include Rockets and Missiles: The Life Story of a Technology (2007) and A Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists and Inventors in American Film and Television (Scarecrow, 2011). Van Riper and Miller are coeditors of 1950’s ""Rocketman” TV Series and Their Fans: Cadets, Rangers, and Junior Space Men (2012).
