Hollywood Westerns and American Myth: The Importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for Political Philosophy

by Robert B. Pippin

Book Overview

In this pathbreaking book one of America's most distinguished philosophers brilliantly explores the status and authority of law and the nature of political allegiance through close readings of three classic Hollywood Westerns: Howard Hawks' Red River and John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Searchers.

Robert Pippin treats these films as sophisticated mythic accounts of a key moment in American history:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300172060
• ISBN13: 9780300172065
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"