{"product_id":"myth-of-the-western-9781474402828","title":"Myth of the Western","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers re-readings of key classic and contemporary Westerns. This title re-invigorates the debate surrounding the relationship between the Western and frontier mythology, arguing for the importance of the genre's socio cultural, historical and political dimensions. It also features the complexities and contradictions at the heart of US society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Matthew Carter's Myth of the Western provides rich, detailed readings of exemplary Westerns from critical periods of the genre's history. More important, he analyzes the scholarship on the Western, including the perspectives of New Western History, and deconstructs the division of the genre into classical, revisionist, and post Westerns.' (Patrick McGee, William A. Read Professor of English, Louisiana State University)","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408821657943,"sku":"9781474402828","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474402828.jpg?v=1730504336","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/myth-of-the-western-9781474402828","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}