Western Movies: Myth, Ideology, and Genre-Audio Podcast
by Professor Richard Slotkin
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Description
Listen to Professor Richard Slotkin's final course before retirement, Western Movies: Myths, Ideology, and Genre. Western movies form the oldest of American film genre. They have also been the most important modern vehicles for one of the oldest and most significant of American cultural myths - the myth of the frontier. The course surveys the development of the Western film genre and sets it in historical and cultural context. In addition to viewing 20 or more feature films, we will study some of the precinematic sources of Western themes and images (novels, paintings). There will also be readings in the history of movies, critical and cultural theory, and political history.
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Buck and The Preacher (1972) - 04/28/08 | Professor Slotkin's April 28, 2008 lecture on the film, Buck and The Preacher (1972). | 1/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2 |
Three Amigos (1986) - 05/05/08 | Professor Slotkin's May 5, 2008 lecture on the film, Three Amigos (1986). | 1/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Ballad of Little Jo (1993) - 04/30/08 | Professor Slotkin's April 30, 2008 lecture on the film, Ballad of Little Jo (1993). | 1/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - 04/16/08 | Professor Slotkin's April 16, 2008 lecture on the film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 1/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5 |
High Plains Drifter (1973) - 04/23/08 | Professor Slotkin's April 23, 2008 lecture on the film, High Plains Drifter (1973). | 1/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6 |
Little Big Man (1970) - 04/21/08 | Professor Slotkin's April 21, 2008 lecture on the film, Little Big Man (1970). | 1/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dodge City (1939) - 01/30/08 | Professor Slotkin's January 30, 2008 lecture on the film, Dodge City (1939). | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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8 |
The Searchers (1956) - 04/02/08 | Professor Slotkin's April 2, 2008 lecture on the film, The Searchers (1956). | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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9 |
My Darling Clementine (1946) - 02/13/08 | Professor Slotkin's February 13, 2008 lecture on the film, My Darling Clementine (1946). | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rio Bravo (1959) - 04/07/08 | Professor Slotkin's April 7, 2008 lecture on the film, Rio Bravo (1959). | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ox-Bow Incident (1943) - 02/11/08 | Professor Slotkin's February 11, 2008 lecture on the film, Ox-Bow Incident (1943). | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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12 |
Stagecoach (1939) - 02/06/08 | Professor Slotkin's February 6, 2008 lecture on the film Stagecoach (1939). | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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13 |
Jesse James (1939) - 02/04/08 | Professor Slotkin's February 04, 2008 lecture on the film, Jesse James (1939). | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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14 |
Johnny Guitar (1965) - 03/26/08 | Professor Slotkin's March 26, 2008 lecture on the film, Johnny Guitar (1954). | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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15 |
Vera Cruz (1954) - 03/31/08 | Professor Slotkin's March 31, 2008 lecture on the film, Vera Cruz (1954). | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rio Grande (1950) - 02/20/08 | Professor Slotkin's February 20, 2008 lecture on the film, Rio Grande (1950). | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Wild Bunch (1969) - 04/14/08 | Professor Slotkin's April 14, 2008 lecture on the film, The Wild Bunch (1969) | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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18 |
Magnificent Seven (1960) - 04/09/08 | Professor Slotkin's April 9, 2008 lecture on the film, Magnificent Seven (1960). | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 18 Episodes |
