American & Canadian Literature, Art of the Americas, Media & Communications, Popular Culture Studies, Art by Subjects
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Overview
Wanted Dead or Alive presents the first ever comprehensive look at how the American West has been depicted in popular culture. Following Richard Aquila's introduction, which examines the birth and growth of the pop culture West in the context of American history, noted expects explore developments in popular western fiction, major forms of live western entertainment, trends in western movies and television shows, images of the West in popular music, and visual images of the West in popular art and advertising. For the reader on the trail of even more information, each section of the book concludes with suggestions for further reading.Book Details
Published
June 30, 1996
Publisher
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1996.
Pages
328
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780252022241