Peckinpah's Women
A Reappraisal of the Portrayal of Women in the Period Westerns of Sam Peckinpah
At his peak, from the late 1960s through the early 1970s, Sam Peckinpah was hailed as one of the new masters of the Western film, while simultaneously becoming one of the most controversial American directors of the era. In a time of great social turmoil, Peckinpah's on-screen orchestration of physical and emotional violence drew adamant praise for what some considered fearless realism and vehement criticism for what others called tasteless gore and brutal misogyny. Debate over the violence and sexual themes of Peckinpah's films often eclipsed aesthetic appreciation of his work. A favorite target of 1970s feminist critics, feminist social deb…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8108-4066-9
- EAN: 9780810840669
- Produktnummer: 1441606
- Verlag: Scarecrow Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 222 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.6 cm 448 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 448
Über den Autor
Bill Mesce Jr. has worked for pay-TV giant Home Box Office for over 19 years, and is also a produced screenwriter and playwright, as well as a published novelist. His film work includes Road Ends, with Dennis Hopper, and uncredited work on Brian DePalma's Blow Out. His play A Jersey Cantata was named one of the six best plays to premiere in New Jersey during the 1997-98 season, and his debut novel, The Advocate, co-authored with Steven G. Szilagyi, was released in September 2000 to critical acclaim. A sequel, Officer of the Court, was published in fall 2001.
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