Twentieth-century Texas culture in literature and film
The clash of cultures, inevitable hostilities, and subsequent changes in twentieth-century Texas are monitored in three fictional and film narratives: Edna Ferber's novel Giant and its subsequent film adaptation directed by George Stevens explore Texas ranching, the dawn of the oil economy, and...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
01-01-1998
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| Summary: | The clash of cultures, inevitable hostilities, and subsequent changes in twentieth-century Texas are monitored in three fictional and film narratives: Edna Ferber's novel Giant and its subsequent film adaptation directed by George Stevens explore Texas ranching, the dawn of the oil economy, and ethnic and gender issues of the 1920s to the mid-1950s; The Last Picture Show, written by Larry McMurtry and adapted for film by Peter Bogdanovich, augurs the emerging sexual revolution of late 1950s Texas and delves into the issue of how oil has impacted a small west Texas community; and Lone Star, a film written and directed by John Sayles, seeks to recognize changes in ethnic, gender, and familial relations in a Texas border town from the 1950s to the late 1980s. The issues and eras of these stories overlap to show development and change in cultural attitudes of Texans throughout the twentieth century. |
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| ISBN: | 9780599152366 0599152362 |