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John Wayne's World : Transnational Masculinity in the Fifties.

Meeuf, Russell.

John Wayne's World : Transnational Masculinity in the Fifties. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (224 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Reexamining John Wayne -- 1. The Emergence of "John Wayne": Red River, Global Masculinity, and Wayne's Romantic Anxieties -- 2. Exile, Community, and Wandering: International Migration and the Spatial Dynamics of Modernity in John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy -- 3. John Wayne's Cold War: Mass Tourism and the Anticommunist Crusade -- 4. John Wayne's Body: Technicolor and 3-D Anxieties in Hondo and The Searchers -- 5. John Wayne's Africa: European Colonialism versus U. S. Global Leadership in Legend of the Lost -- 6. John Wayne's Japan: International Production, Global Trade, and John Wayne's Diplomacy in The Barbarian and the Geisha -- 7. Men at Work in Tight Spaces: Masculinity, Professionalism, and Politics in Rio Bravo and The Alamo -- Conclusion. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Nostalgia for John Wayne's World -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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Wayne, John,-1907-1979.
Motion picture industry-United States-History-20th century.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Motion pictures and globalization.
Nineteen fifties.


Electronic books.

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