Studying Brokeback Mountain

Upon its release, Brokeback Mountain was a major film and pop culture event. Fusing the traditional with the new, Brokeback Mountain stunned audiences, stirring some and disturbing others, and also underscored the longevity of the Western a genre that has fought for its continuingrelevance to American cinema.Studying Brokeback Mountain takes the reader through a consideration of the films roots in the short story by Annie Proulx and its subsequent adaptation. The book contextualises the film within the tradition of that most powerfully American of genres, the Western, and cites the narrative and thematic conventions that

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James Clarke
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9781906733063
• ISBN: 978-1-906733-06-3
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature