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The Western Myth: Gold, Guns, Greed, and Italians
The Western Myth: Gold, Guns, Greed, and Italians
Saturday, November 8, 2014: 1:40 PM
Director’s Row H (Sheraton)
The essay discusses the origins of the western myth by looking at Roosevelt and Turner's depictions of the West. The essay also discusses how the western myth is structured and the way in which films have depicted the West by deconstructing and reconstructing the myth.
