{"product_id":"return-of-the-western-sue-matheson-9781399524728","title":"Return of the Western: Refracting Genre, Representing Gender in the Twenty-First Century","description":"Transmitting the crisis that Frederick Jackson Turner and Theodore Roosevelt feared when the frontier closed, the Western has returned to reveal a cultural watershed at work in twenty-first century America, revitalized with horror, terror and the peccant. Darkened and dystopic, contemporary Westerns point to a national bankruptcy, upending the notion that regenerative, civilizing impulses direct nation-building. Exploring films like \u003ci\u003eOpen Range\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eYahşi Batı \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), \u003ci\u003eThe Keeping Room\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003e Little Woods \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), and \u003ci\u003eFirst Cow\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), as well as television series like \u003ci\u003eJustified\u003c\/i\u003e (2010-1015), \u003ci\u003eLongmire \u003c\/i\u003e(2012-2017), \u003ci\u003eWestworld\u003c\/i\u003e (2016-2022), and \u003ci\u003eYellowstone \u003c\/i\u003e(2020 -), this thought-provoking collection examines re-constituted masculinities, feminine re-fashioning and new directions in Western filmmaking. Covering a wide range of aesthetic and thematic concerns, \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Western: Refracting Genre, Representing Gender in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us how deeply this versatile genre is grounded in the American psyche.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sue Matheson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399524720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399524728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d","brand":"Sue Matheson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46602844045567,"sku":"9781399524728","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_acdb1c3a-e205-4414-a8e2-20081390ef9e.jpg?v=1739695459","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/return-of-the-western-sue-matheson-9781399524728","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}