Playing Cowboys: Low Culture and High Art in the Western

by Robert Murray Davis

Book Overview

In Playing Cowboys, Robert Murray Davis examines the Western hero-a principal image of American manhood since publication of The Virginian-as portrayed by a variety of post-World War II novelists and filmmakers. Innovative artists have used the Western to discuss issues of ethics and aesthetics, but its greatest impact may have been on popular cultural values. Davis shows that the Western is not primarily about escape or violence, but, at its best,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806126272
• ISBN13: 9780806126272
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.5" x 7.2"