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“Western” Themes and Western Films

“Western” Themes and Western Films James K. Folsom Western American Literature, Volume 2, Number 3, Fall 1967, pp. 195-203 (Article) Published by University of Nebraska Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wal.1967.0073 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/528675/summary Access provided at 22 Feb 2020 04:06 GMT from JHU Libraries J A M E S K. F O L S O M Yale University “ Western” Themes and Western Films C ertainly one of the most notorious—if n o t exactly the most respected—A m erican c u ltu ral effusions is the W estern film. M ore­ over, W esterns, or “horse operas” as they are m ore fam iliarly known, are to be m et w ith in nearly every p art of the world. Indeed, a th riv in g m arket in rep ro du cing W esterns now exists in b o th France and W est G erm any and, perhaps m ore surprisingly, in Japan. Yet a confessed addict soon learns th a t a taste fo r W estern films is tolerated ra th e r th an rewarded. A ratio n ale for enjoying W esterns m ig ht almost be said to be one of o u r http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Western American Literature The Western Literature Association

“Western” Themes and Western Films

Folsom, James K.
Western American Literature , Volume 2 (3) – Oct 4, 2017
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James K. Folsom Western American Literature, Volume 2, Number 3, Fall 1967, pp. 195-203 (Article) Published by University of Nebraska Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wal.1967.0073 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/528675/summary Access provided at 22 Feb 2020 04:06 GMT from JHU Libraries J A M E S K. F O L S O M Yale University “ Western” Themes and Western Films C ertainly one of the most notorious—if n o t exactly the most respected—A m erican c u ltu ral effusions is the W estern film. M ore­ over, W esterns, or “horse operas” as they are m ore fam iliarly known, are to be m et w ith in nearly every p art of the world. Indeed, a th riv in g m arket in rep ro du cing W esterns now exists in b o th France and W est G erm any and, perhaps m ore surprisingly, in Japan. Yet a confessed addict soon learns th a t a taste fo r W estern films is tolerated ra th e r th an rewarded. A ratio n ale for enjoying W esterns m ig ht almost be said to be one of o u r

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