{"product_id":"a-fistful-of-icons-sue-matheson-9780786498048","title":"A Fistful of Icons: Essays on Frontier Fixtures of the American Western","description":"\u003cp\u003e After a century of reinvention and, frequently, reinterpretation, Western movies continue to contribute to the cultural understanding of the United States. And Western archetypes remain as important emblems of the American experience, relating a complex and coded narrative about heroism and morality, masculinity and femininity, westward expansion and technological progress, and assimilation and settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this collection of new essays, 21 contributors from around the globe examine the \"cowboy cool\" iconography of film and television Westerns--from bounty hunters in buckskin jackets to denizens of seedy saloons and lonely deserts, from Cecil B. DeMille and John Ford to Steve McQueen and Budd Boetticher, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sue Matheson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786498048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786498048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Sue Matheson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947144020223,"sku":"9780786498048","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4ab2e7f6-8b38-43a9-838c-0f43f46cfd3b.jpg?v=1681516978","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-fistful-of-icons-sue-matheson-9780786498048","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}