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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. The Teller and the Tale: An Introduction to the Films of Clint Eastwood; Part I. Crosscurrents; Chapter 2. "I Don't Want Nobody Belonging to Me": Riding the Post-Leone Western; Chapter 3. "God/Country/Family": The Military Movies; Chapter 4. "A Man's Got to Know His Limitations": The Cop Films from Nixon through Reagan; Chapter 5. "I'm Not So Tough": Melodrama and Performance in the Later Films; Chapter 6. "Heroes Are Something We Create": The Biopics; Part II. Controversies; Chapter 7. "I Am a Camera": The Performative Gaze. |
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Chapter 8. "You Ain't Ugly like Me It's Just That We Both Got Scars": Women in Eastwood's Films; Chapter 9. "I Know I'm as Blind as a Slab of Concret, but I'm Not Helpless": The Aging Action Hero; Chapter 10. "Seems like We Can't Trust the White Man": The Theater of Race; Chapter 11. Play Music for Me: The Film Scores; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Index. |
| Summary |
Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this late point in his career, has emerged as one of America's most popular and respected--though controversial--filmmakers. Tough Ain't Enough offers readers a series of original essays by prominent cinema scholars who explore the actor-director's extensive career. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Eastwood, Clint, 1930- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Eastwood, Clint, 1930- |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Friedman, Lester D., editor.
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Desser, David, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tough ain't enough. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2018 9780813586021 (DLC) 2017054964 (OCoLC)1007561507 |
| ISBN |
9780813586045 (electronic book) |
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0813586046 (electronic book) |
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9780813586021 |
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081358602X |
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9780813586014 |
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0813586011 |
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