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This volume investigates the Western film genre's impact, migrations, and reconfigurations in the Global South.
List of contents
Preface
Neil Campbell Introduction
MaryEllen Higgins, Rita Keresztesi, and Dayna Oscherwitz Part 1: Colonial Circulations of the Western in the Global South 1. The Western in Colonial Southern Africa
James Burns 2. Cassava Westerns: Theorizing the Pleasures of Playing the Outlaw in Africa
Tsitsi Jaji 3. The Italian (Southern) Western: From Colonial Cinema to Spaghetti Western
Giovanna Trento 4. From
Django to
Django Unchained - Love Narratives in the Global South
Clifford T. Manlove Part 2: The Western in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean 5. In the Crossfire: Africa, Cinema, and Violence in Abderrahmane Sissako's
Bamako (2006)
Dayna Oscherwitz 6. Trashing the Western's Revenge Narrative in Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's
Daratt MaryEllen Higgins 7. Cowboys and West Indians: Decolonizing the Western and Perry Henzell's
The Harder They Come Rita Keresztesi Part 3: The Western in Australia and Asia 8. Aboriginal Cowboys? On the Possibilities of the Western in Australia's Far West
Andrew W. Hurley 9.
Tears of the Black Tiger: The Western and Thai Cinema
Jesus Jimenez-Varea and
Milagros Expósito-Barea 10. Tamil B Movie Westerns: The Global South and Genre Subversion
Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai Part 4: South American, Mexican and Borderlands Westerns 11. An 'Imperfect' Genre: Rethinking Politics in Latin American Westerns
Chelsea Wessels 12. Landscaping the Western: Ciro Guerra's
The Wind Journeys (2009)
Carlos G. Torres-Rodríguez 13. Carlos Bolado's
Bajo California: Crossing Borders and Dislocating the Western Tradition
Carolina Rueda 14. Disinterring the Western in
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and
No Country for Old Men Brent Strang
About the author
MaryEllen Higgins is Associate Professor of English at The Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny Campus, USA
Rita Keresztesi is Associate Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma, USA
Dayna Oscherwitz is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Southern Methodist University, USA
Summary
This volume investigates the Western film genre's impact, migrations, and reconfigurations in the Global South.
