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Thelma & Louise, the 1991 film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, has been described as a road movie, a buddy movie, a feminist parable, and only incidentally as a Western. An Oscar winner for first-time screenwriter Callie Khouri,
Thelma & Louise catalyzed a national conversation about women, violence, and self-determination in a Hollywood still shrugging off the West of John Wayne and in an America that still viewed women as accessories to the national mythology.
In this latest volume in the Reel West series, Susan Kollin recreates this watershed moment for women's movies in general and women's Westerns in particular.
About the author
Susan Kollin is a distinguished professor in the Department of English and the director of the American Studies Program at Montana State University, where she teaches courses in Western fiction and film. She is a past president of the Western Literature Association and the editor of
A History of Western American Literature.
Summary
Thelma & Louise, the 1991 film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, has been described as a road movie, a buddy movie, a feminist parable, and only incidentally as a Western. In this volume, Susan Kollin recreates this watershed moment for women’s movies in general and women’s Westerns in particular.
