The Euro-Western: Reframing Gender, Race and the ‘Other’ in Film (Lee Broughton)

As reported by Tom B. on his Westerns … all’italiana! blog: new book on European Westerns announced by I.B.Tauris, publisher of Austin Fisher’s Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western, Christopher Frayling’s Spaghetti Westerns, Howard Hughes’s Once Upon a Time in the Italian West or Michael Coyne’s The Crowded Prairie.

The Euro-Western: Reframing Gender, Race and the ‘Other’ in Film by Lee Broughton, publication date: June 2016.

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A slight postponement, ok :wink:

https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/The_Euro-Western:_Reframing_Gender,_Race_and_the_Other_in_Film

Ah, okay, sorry, I checked the forum for a thread about the book but not the database for an entry.

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This new book on Euro-Westerns by Lee Broughton is out now. Market seller prices at Amazon UK start at £40.38

Testimonials:

‘Sergio Leone once observed that “the Western belongs to everyone”, not just to Hollywood. Broughton’s bold, perceptive and well-informed study looks closely at West German ‘Winnetou’ films, middle-period Italian Westerns and British Westerns between 1939 and the early 1970s, to discover strong counter-cultural representations of Native Americans, African Americans and women. Broughton also explores the reasons why. The analysis of A Town Called Bastard and Hannie Caulder in particular is a tour de force.’

Sir Christopher Frayling, Professor Emeritus of Cultural History, Royal College of Art, and author of Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone.

‘Within this book Lee Broughton considers the diverse meanings Westerns have obtained through contact with various historical, cultural and political contexts – avoiding a merely US-centric framework – and in doing so contributes to the much-needed discourse that places the genre within global networks of cultural blending. What provocatively and intriguingly emerges is that, where progressive representations of ethnicity and gender in Westerns were concerned, the Europeans got there first.’

Austin Fisher, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Bournemouth University, UK, and author of Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western: Politics, Violence and Popular Italian Cinema.

‘Broughton’s uniquely comparative study traces the legacies of national traumas in European Westerns of the 1960s and ‘70s. He locates a counter-politics to contemporaneous Hollywood productions in allegories of race and gender on screen, and in doing so expands the critical conversation about regional revisionism in an important and fascinating genre.’

Joanna Hearne, Associate Professor of English and Film Studies, University of Missouri, USA, and author of Native Recognition: Indigenous Cinema and the Western.

‘A hugely important book for its foregrounding of the Western as a transnational phenomenon. It sheds new light not only on the European Western, but also on the Hollywood Western and the ongoing dialogue between the two.’

Sean Holmes, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Brunel University London.

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Not at £40 per book, it doesn’t. :slight_smile:

Great to know it is out! For those who are ready to spend these I assume well-invested couple bucks, if you can please do so using these Amazon links:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784533890/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=spaghetti-21

https://www.amazon.de/Euro-Western-Reframing-Gender-Cinema-Society/dp/1784533890?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&tag=italowestern-21

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From the Westerns All’Italiana blog at: .Westerns...All'Italiana!: Lee Boughton's New Book - Special Offer!

Reduced price offer on The Euro-Western: Reframing Gender, Race and the ‘Other’ in Film by Lee Broughton

Regular Hardback Price £62.00

Special limited period offer: use the promo code BUFFY at checkout to buy the book for £37.20

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Ordered it from I.B.Tauris two weeks ago, had it in my mailbox today. Nice cover (I guess you can’t go wrong with Mrs. Welch); the definite article before “Euro-Western” went AWOL.

‘The Euro-Western: Reframing Gender, Race and the “Other” in Film’ is currently selling at a greatly reduced price on the Amazon UK (£27) and Amazon US ($33) sites. Use the links found higher up on this thread if you fancy a copy at those prices…

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Thanks for the heads up Lee.
I’ve jumped on at that price.

Cheers, Phil. Hope you enjoy reading it.

More reframing :stuck_out_tongue:: new edited volume by Lee Broughton, March 2020, 256 pages, about £90 – Reframing Cult Westerns: From The Magnificent Seven to The Hateful Eight. “The result is not only a reframing of some cult Westerns, but a reframing of our understanding of the Western film. Maybe it hasn’t headed for the last roundup after all …” (Christopher Frayling)

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sweet price :slight_smile: Better check your nearest university library at some point

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A paperback edition of Lee Broughton’s book The Euro-Western: Reframing Gender, Race and the “Other” in Film (2016) has just been published by Bloomsbury. RRP £28.99. You can get further information and a 10% discount here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-euro-western-9781350217928/

The Western has always been inextricably linked to the USA, and studies have continually sought to connect its historical development to changes in American society and Hollywood innovations. Focusing new critical attention on films produced in Germany, Italy and Britain, this timely book offers a radical rereading of the evolutionary history of the Western and brings a vital international dimension to its study. Lee Broughton argues not only that European films possess a special significance in terms of the genre’s global development, but also that many offered groundbreaking and progressive representations of traditional Wild West ‘Others’: Native Americans, African Americans and so-called ‘strong women’. The Euro-Western investigates how the histories of Germany, Italy and Britain - and the idiosyncrasies of their respective national film industries - influenced representations of the self and ‘Other’, shedding light on the broader cultural, historical and political contexts that shaped European engagement with the genre.

Testimonials and reviews:

Sergio Leone once observed that “the Western belongs to everyone”, not just to Hollywood. Broughton’s bold, perceptive and well-informed study looks closely at West German ‘Winnetou’ films, middle-period Italian Westerns and British Westerns between 1939 and the early 1970s, to discover strong counter-cultural representations of Native Americans, African Americans and women. Broughton also explores the reasons why. The analysis of A Town Called Bastard and Hannie Caulder in particular is a tour de force - Sir Christopher Frayling, Professor Emeritus of Cultural History, Royal College of Art.

Within this book Lee Broughton considers the diverse meanings Westerns have obtained through contact with various historical, cultural and political contexts - avoiding a merely US-centric framework - and in doing so contributes to the much-needed discourse that places the genre within global networks of cultural blending. What provocatively and intriguingly emerges is that, where progressive representations of ethnicity and gender in Westerns were concerned, the Europeans got there first - Austin Fisher, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Bournemouth University.

Broughton’s uniquely comparative study traces the legacies of national traumas in European Westerns of the 1960s and '70s. He locates a counter-politics to contemporaneous Hollywood productions in allegories of race and gender on screen, and in doing so expands the critical conversation about regional revisionism in an important and fascinating genre - Joanna Hearne, Associate Professor of English and Film Studies, University of Missouri.

A hugely important book for its foregrounding of the Western as a transnational phenomenon. It sheds new light not only on the European Western, but also on the Hollywood Western and the ongoing dialogue between the two - Sean Holmes, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Brunel University.

Broughton’s book is an impressive piece of scholarship, exemplary in the breadth of material covered in the course of examining the genre as a whole. He does a real service to readers seeking an understanding of the post-war European genre system - Louis Bayman, Lecturer in Film, University of Southampton.

The European Western in Broughton’s analysis gains its rightful place in the history of the genre, and, as his study convincingly argues, for good reasons - Katarzyna Nowak-McNeice, Research Fellow, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/The_Euro-Western:_Reframing_Gender,_Race_and_the_Other_in_Film

Further books by Lee Broughton:

Reframing Cult Westerns: From The Magnificent Seven to The Hateful Eight (Bloomsbury, 2020)

Critical Perspectives on the Western: From A Fistful of Dollars to Django Unchained (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016)

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If anyone has time to read the book and write a review for the SWDb, please send me a personal message, thanks!