{"product_id":"john-waynes-world-transnational-masculinity-in-the-fifties","title":"John Wayne's World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a film career that spanned five decades, John Wayne became a U.S. icon of heroic individualism and rugged masculinity. His widespread popularity, however, was not limited to the United States: he was beloved among moviegoers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. In \u003ci\u003eJohn Wayne’s World\u003c\/i\u003e, Russell Meeuf considers the actor’s global popularity and makes the case that Wayne’s depictions of masculinity in his most popular films of the 1950s reflected the turbulent social disruptions of global capitalism and modernization taking place in that decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Wayne’s World\u003c\/i\u003e places Wayne at the center of gender- and nation-based ideologies, opening a dialogue between film history, gender studies, political and economic history, and popular culture. Moving chronologically, Meeuf provides new readings of \u003ci\u003eFort Apache\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHondo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Searchers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRio Bravo\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Alamo\u003c\/i\u003e and connects Wayne’s characters with a modern, transnational masculinity being reimagined after World War II. Considering Wayne’s international productions, such as \u003ci\u003eLegend of the Lost\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Barbarian and the Geisha\u003c\/i\u003e, Meeuf shows how they resonated with U.S. ideological positions about Africa and Asia. Meeuf concludes that, in his later films, Wayne’s star text shifted to one of grandfatherly nostalgia for the past, as his earlier brand of heroic masculinity became incompatible with the changing world of the 1960s and 1970s. The first academic book-length study of John Wayne in more than twenty years, \u003ci\u003eJohn Wayne’s World\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a frequently overlooked history behind one of Hollywood’s most iconic stars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54190369800536,"sku":null,"price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781477302187_45ea2048-42f3-4f4e-9cf9-076734fca450.jpg?v=1780119955","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/john-waynes-world-transnational-masculinity-in-the-fifties","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}