John Ford Made Westerns

<p>Fresh perspectives on some of the most influential films of John Ford.<br /><br />The Western is arguably the most popular and enduring form in cinematic history and the acknowledged master of that genre was John Ford. His Westerns including The Searchers Stagecoach and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance have had an enormous influence on contemporary U.S. films from Star Wars to Taxi Driver.<br /><br />In John Ford Made Westerns nine major essays by prominent scholars of Hollywood film situate the sound-era Westerns of John Ford within contemporary critical contexts and regard them from fresh perspectives. These range from examining Ford's relation to other art forms (most notably literature painting and music) to exploring the development of the director's reputation as a director of Westerns. While giving attention to film style and structure the volume also treats the ways in which these much-loved films engage with notions of masculinity and gender roles capitalism and community as well as racial sexual and national identity.<br /><br />Contributors include Charles Ramirez Berg Matthew Bernstein Edward Buscombe Joan Dagle Barry Keith Grant Kathryn Kalinak Peter Lehman Charles J. Maland Gaylyn Studlar and Robin Wood.<br /><br />Contents<br />Part I<br />Introduction Gaylyn Studlar & Matthew Bernstein<br /><br /> 'Shall We Gather at the River?': The Late Films of John Ford Robin Wood<br /> Sacred Duties Poetic Passions: John Ford and Issue of Femininity in the Western Gaylyn Studlar<br />The Margin as Center: The Multicultural Dynamics of John Ford's Westerns Charles Ramirez Berg<br /> Linear Patterns and Ethnic Encounters in the Ford Western Joan Dagle<br /> How the West Wasn't Won: the Repression of Capitalism in John Ford's Westerns Peter Lehman<br /> Painting the Legend: Frederic Remington and the Western Edward Buscombe<br /> 'The Sound of Many Voices': Music in John Ford's Westerns Kathryn Kalinak<br /> John Ford and James Fenimore Cooper: Two Rode Together Barry Keith Grant<br /> From Aesthete to Pappy: The Evolution of John Ford's Public Reputation Charles J. Maland<br />Part II--Dossier<br />Emanuel Eisenberg John Ford: Fighting Irish New Theater April 1936<br />Frank S. Nugent Hollywood's Favorite Rebel Saturday Evening Post July 23 1949<br />John Ford John Wayne--My Pal Hollywood no. 237 (March 17 1951) translated from the Italian by Gloria Monti<br />Bill Libby The Old Wrangler Rides Again Cosmopolitan March 1964<br />About John Ford Action 8.8 (Nov.-Dec. 1973)<br /><br /></p>