4348777Gunfighter Nationhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/gunfighter-nation-9781504090346/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4027773/image.jpg?v=638415871291830000206251MXNOpen Road MediaInStock/Ebooks/National Book Award Finalist: The impressive conclusion to the magisterial trilogy on the mythology of violence in American history (Film Quarterly).The myth of the Western frontierwhich assumes that whites conquest of Native Americans and the taming of the wilderness were preordained means to a progressive, civilized societyis embedded in our national psyche. U.S. troops called Vietnam Indian country. President John Kennedy invoked New Frontier symbolism to seek support for counterinsurgency abroad. In an absorbing, valuable, scholarly study, [the author] traces the pervasiveness of frontier mythology in American consciousness from 1890. . . . Dime novels and detective stories adapted the myth to portray gallant heroes repressing strikers, immigrants and dissidents. Completing a trilogy begun with Regeneration Through Violence and The Fatal Environment, Slotkin unmasks frontier mythmaking in novels and Hollywood movies. The myths emphasis on use of force over social solutions has had a destructive impact, he shows. Publishers WeeklyStirring . . . Breaks new ground in its careful explication of the continuing dynamic between politics and myth, myth and popular culture. The New York TimesA subtle and wide-ranging examination how Americas fascination with the frontier has affected its culture and politics. . . . Intellectual history at its most stimulatingteeming with insights into American violence, politics, class, and race. Kirkus Reviews...4286357Gunfighter Nation206251https://www.gandhi.com.mx/gunfighter-nation-9781504090346/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4027773/image.jpg?v=638415871291830000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781504090346_W3siaWQiOiI0NjExNDQwZC0yYzk3LTQ0ZWYtOTY2Mi1lMmExYjQ1YWZlYWIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI1MSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ1LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIwNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDRUMDQ6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781504090346_National Book Award Finalist: The impressive conclusion to the magisterial trilogy on the mythology of violence in American history (Film Quarterly).The myth of the Western frontierwhich assumes that whites conquest of Native Americans and the taming of the wilderness were preordained means to a progressive, civilized societyis embedded in our national psyche. U.S. troops called Vietnam Indian country. President John Kennedy invoked New Frontier symbolism to seek support for counterinsurgency abroad. In an absorbing, valuable, scholarly study, [the author] traces the pervasiveness of frontier mythology in American consciousness from 1890. . . . Dime novels and detective stories adapted the myth to portray gallant heroes repressing strikers, immigrants and dissidents. Completing a trilogy begun with Regeneration Through Violence and The Fatal Environment, Slotkin unmasks frontier mythmaking in novels and Hollywood movies. The myths emphasis on use of force over social solutions has had a destructive impact, he shows. Publishers WeeklyStirring . . . Breaks new ground in its careful explication of the continuing dynamic between politics and myth, myth and popular culture. The New York TimesA subtle and wide-ranging examination how Americas fascination with the frontier has affected its culture and politics. . . . Intellectual history at its most stimulatingteeming with insights into American violence, politics, class, and race. Kirkus Reviews...9781504090346_Open Road Medialibro_electonico_9781504090346_9781504090346Richard SlotkinInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-197cd531-908f-4fb4-a934-751a0b03e515.epub2024-01-23T00:00:00+00:00Open Road Media