John Wayne and Ideology |
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Author: Larry A. Van Meter
Pages: 98
ISBN: 978-1-4438-5905-9
Publication Date: 2014
Format: Hardcover
Availability: In Stock
List Price in USD: $43.48 |
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About the Author
Larry Van Meter is an English professor at Blinn College specializing in Literary Theory, postmodernity, critical race theory, post-war American literature, feminism, and the history of politics and ideology. |
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Book Description
John Wayne and Ideology is an examination of John Wayne’s legacy as a political force. It is no exaggeration to say that, playing the lead in over 150 movies, he is one of the most popular actors in the history of cinema. This book argues that his enduring popularity is historically mediated.
An A-list actor before and during World War II, John Wayne did not become an icon until after the war, when, because of the war and emerging calls for women’s and minorities’ rights, white masculinity anxieties spiked. The American political reaction to this new world was a radical shift to the right, with John Wayne and Ronald Reagan embodying that change.
The racist, misogynous, and homophobic films of John Wayne, still hugely popular, bear witness to that right turn. Moreover, that legacy continues, with generations of “Johns Wayne”—such as, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and post-9/11 superheroes—desperately trying to recenter white American masculinity.
John Wayne and Ideology
Table of Contents
Introduction: Ensuring that “we get to win this time”
Chapter One
- John Wayne, Mise en Abyme, and Ideology
Chapter Two
- “Let’s Put this Kitten to Bed”: John Wayne and Ideal Masculinity in In Old Oklahoma
Chapter Three
- Homophobia and Homoeroticism the John Wayne Way
Chapter Four
- John Wayne and Tea Party Ideology
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
- Dukification in the Twenty-first Century
Works Cited
Notes
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