Deadwood

by Ina Rae Hark

Considers the HBO series Deadwood in the context of the television Western genre and the intersection of capital and violence in American history.

By dramatizing the intersection of self-interested capitalism and foundational violence in a mining camp in 1870s South Dakota, the HBO series Deadwood reinvented the television Western. In this volume, Ina Rae Hark examines the groundbreaking series from a variety of angles: its relationship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814334490
• ISBN13: 9780814334492
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 6.9"