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Connecting John Wayne’s films to the transnational historical context of the 1950s, John Wayne’s World argues that Wayne’s depictions of heroic masculinity dovetailed with the rise of Hollywood’s cultural dominance and the development of global capitalism after World War II.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Reexamining John Wayne
  • 1.The Emergence of "John Wayne": Red River, Global Masculinity, and Wayne's Romantic Anxieties
  • 2. Exile, Community, and Wandering: International Migration and the Spatial Dynamics of Modernity in John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy
  • 3. John Wayne's Cold War: Mass Tourism and the Anticommunist Crusade
  • 4. John Wayne's Body: Technicolor and 3-D Anxieties in Hondo and The Searchers
  • 5. John Wayne's Africa: European Colonialism versus U.S. Global Leadership in Legend of the Lost
  • 6. John Wayne's Japan: International Production, Global Trade, and John Wayne's Diplomacy in The Barbarian and the Geisha
  • 7. Men at Work in Tight Spaces: Masculinity, Professionalism, and Politics in Rio Bravo and The Alamo
  • 8. Conclusion: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Nostalgia for John Wayne's World
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/09/2013
      ISBN13: 9781477302187, 978-1477302187
      ISBN10: 1477302182

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Connecting John Wayne’s films to the transnational historical context of the 1950s, John Wayne’s World argues that Wayne’s depictions of heroic masculinity dovetailed with the rise of Hollywood’s cultural dominance and the development of global capitalism after World War II.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction: Reexamining John Wayne
      • 1.The Emergence of "John Wayne": Red River, Global Masculinity, and Wayne's Romantic Anxieties
      • 2. Exile, Community, and Wandering: International Migration and the Spatial Dynamics of Modernity in John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy
      • 3. John Wayne's Cold War: Mass Tourism and the Anticommunist Crusade
      • 4. John Wayne's Body: Technicolor and 3-D Anxieties in Hondo and The Searchers
      • 5. John Wayne's Africa: European Colonialism versus U.S. Global Leadership in Legend of the Lost
      • 6. John Wayne's Japan: International Production, Global Trade, and John Wayne's Diplomacy in The Barbarian and the Geisha
      • 7. Men at Work in Tight Spaces: Masculinity, Professionalism, and Politics in Rio Bravo and The Alamo
      • 8. Conclusion: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Nostalgia for John Wayne's World
      • Notes
      • References
      • Index

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