Book / 2001
Title | Peckinpah's women : a reappraisal of the portrayal of women in the period Westerns of Sam Peckinpah |
Item type | Book |
Author(s) | Mesce, Bill |
Imprint | Lanham, Md. Scarecrow Press, 2001 |
Series | Filmmakers series |
ISBN | 0810840669 |
Volume | no. 90 |
Language | English |
URL | Link to original record |
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Physical description | xxi, 199 p. ; 22 cm. |
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245 10 Peckinpah's women :|ba reappraisal of the portrayal of
women in the period Westerns of Sam Peckinpah /|cBill
Mesce, Jr.
260 Lanham, Md. :|bScarecrow Press,|c2001.
300 xxi, 199 p. ;|c22 cm.
490 1 Scarecrow filmmakers series ;|vno. 90
504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-190),
filmography (p. 179-181) and index.
506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CBPF.
520 At his peak, from the late 1960s through the early 1970s,
Sam Peckinpah was hailed as one of the new masters of the
Western film, while simultaneously becoming one of the
most controversial American directors of the era. In a
time of great social turmoil, Peckinpah's on-screen
orchestration of physical and emotional violence drew
adamant praise for what some considered fearless realism
and vehement criticism for what others called tasteless
gore and brutal misogyny. Debate over the violence and
sexual themes of Peckinpah's films often eclipsed
aesthetic appreciation of his work. A favorite target of
1970s feminist critics, feminist social debate and the
director's own combative persona usually prevented
reasoned evaluation of his films. A prevalent autheurist
view did not recognize how Peckinpah was subject to the
whims and character of an industry in which he rarely
navigated successfully. While the passage of time has
muted the initial shock value of his filmed violence, no
similar reappraisal has ever dealt with those initial
misperceptions of misogyny, and looked to reevaluate his
on-screen treatment of women. Peckinpah's women examines
the confluence of factors that worked with, and often
against, Peckinpah's filmic voice to divine a recurring
positive
520 theme regarding women in those films that form the heart
of his body of work: his period Westerns.
600 10 Peckinpah, Sam,|d1925-1984|xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 Women in motion pictures.
830 0 Filmmakers series ;|vno. 90.
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