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[7.7b.1] The settings for the Western were often wide-open vistas and landscapes that conveyed the idea of the American West as “free” and without constraints for individual development and exploitation, again reflecting the ideology of individualism. |
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[7.7b.2] Yahoo Movie Directories: Westerns
[7.7b.3] filmsite.org: Western Films
[7.7b.4] IMDb.com: Westerns
[7.7b.5] lewestern.com: Westerns
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[7.7b.6] For a 12-minute film, see The Cowboy and the Ballerina. |
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[7.7b.8] Images Journal: Images from Western films
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[7.7b.9] Images Journal: 30 Great Westerns
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[7.7b.10] Wikipedia: Western movies
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[7.7b.11] Wikipedia: TV Westerns
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For further reading:
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Buscombe, E., & Pearson, R. (Eds.). (1999). Back in the saddle again: New essays on the western. London: British Film Institute. |
Cawelti, J. (1999). The six-gun mystique sequel. New York: Popular Press. |
Jitses, J. (2004). Horizons West: The Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood. London: British Film Institute. |
Rand, Y. (2005). Wild Open Spaces: Why We Love Westerns. Maverick Spirit Press. |
Rollins, P. C., O’Connor, J. (Eds.). (2005). Hollywood's west: The American frontier in film, television, and history. Lexington, KT: University Press of Kentucky. |
Sauders, J. (2001). The western genre. New York: Wallflower Press. |
Slotkin, B. (1999). Gunfighter nation: The myth of the frontier in twentieth-century America. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. |
Walker, J. (Ed.) (2001). Westerns: Films through history. New York: Routledge. |
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