{"product_id":"weird-westerns-kerry-fine-9781496221162","title":"Weird Westerns: Race, Gender, Genre","description":"\u003cb\u003e2021 Top Ten Finalist for the Locus Awards in Nonfiction \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Smith's chapter \"Uncle Tom's Cabin Showdown\" won the 2021 Don D. Walker Prize from the Western Literature Association\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeird Westerns\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of the hybrid western genre--an increasingly popular and visible form that mixes western themes, iconography, settings, and conventions with elements drawn from other genres, such as science fiction, horror, and fantasy. Despite frequent declarations of the western's death, the genre is now defined in part by its zombie-like ability to survive in American popular culture in weird, reanimated, and reassembled forms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The essays in \u003ci\u003eWeird Westerns\u003c\/i\u003e analyze a wide range of texts, including those by Native American authors Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfeet) and William Sanders (Cherokee); the cult television series \u003ci\u003eFirefly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e; the mainstream feature films \u003ci\u003eSuicide Squad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDjango Unchained\u003c\/i\u003e; the avant-garde and bizarre fiction of Joe R. Lansdale; the tabletop roleplaying game Deadlands: The Weird West; and the comic book series Wynonna Earp. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The essays explore how these weird westerns challenge conventional representations by destabilizing or subverting the centrality of the heterosexual, white, male hero but also often surprisingly reinforce existing paradigms in their inability to imagine an existence outside of colonial frameworks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerry Fine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496221168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496221162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d","brand":"Kerry Fine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43941087510783,"sku":"9781496221162","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0261f3af-855e-4e67-a54c-ea8fb8d6ca58.jpg?v=1681450835","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/weird-westerns-kerry-fine-9781496221162","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}