Border bandits : Hollywood on the southern frontier / Camilla Fojas.

Author/creator Fojas, Camilla, 1971-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Descriptionxi, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Welcome to the Alamo : Hollywood on the border -- How the Southwest was won : border westerns and the southern frontier -- "The imaginary illegal alien" : Hollywood border crossers and buddy cops in the 1980s -- The "narc" in all of us : border media and the War on drugs -- Urban frontiers : border cinema and the global city -- Frontier myths on the line : border cinema redux.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-225), filmography (p. 211-216) and index.
LCCN 2008001121
ISBN9780292718623 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0292718624 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780292718630 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0292718632 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PN 1995.9.M48 F65 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold