The West and the Western as grounds for reconciliation in the American Civil War

Focusing on a selected filmography of ten Westerns, this paper explores the reasons why Civil War films, though traditionally set in the East, eventually moved to a western setting, particularly between the early 1940s and the late 1960s. It also aims to show how and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Juliette Bourdin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines 2018-07-01
Series:Revue LISA
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/lisa/9357