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This chapter examines the contours of the written and visual Western in order to understand how two films in this genre—Open Range and 3:10 to Yuma —represent environmental issues. Because both films focus to varying degrees on cattle ranching and water rights , the chapter provides environmental context for not only cattle ranching but also for drought in the American West. Woven into these films (as with most Westerns) is the theme of developing and establishing manhood, and thus this chapter examines the complex intersection of masculinity and environmental issues .
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E. Moore, E. (2017). The Lone Danger: Resource Scarcity in the Western. In: Landscape and the Environment in Hollywood Film. Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56411-1_6
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