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8. “You Ain’t Ugly like Me; It’s Just That We Both Got Scars”: Women in Eastwood’s Films
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Lucy Bolton
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- 1. The Teller and the Tale: An Introduction to the Films of Clint Eastwood 1
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Part I. Crosscurrents
- 2 “I Don’t Want Nobody Belonging to Me”: Riding the Post- Leone Western 19
- 3. “God/Country/Family”: The Military Movies 36
- 4. “A Man’s Got to Know His Limitations”: The Cop Films from Nixon through Reagan 55
- 5. “I’m Not So Tough”: Melodrama and Performance in the Later Films 75
- 6. “Heroes Are Something We Create”: The Biopics 94
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Part II. Controversies
- 7. “I Am a Camera”: The Performative Gaze 117
- 8. “You Ain’t Ugly like Me; It’s Just That We Both Got Scars”: Women in Eastwood’s Films 134
- 9. “I Know I’m as Blind as a Slab of Concrete, but I’m Not Helpless”: The Aging Action Hero 152
- 10. “Seems like We Can’t Trust the White Man”: The Theater of Race 169
- 11. Play Music for Me: The Film Scores 190
- Acknowledgments 211
- Notes on Contributors 213
- Index 217
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- 1. The Teller and the Tale: An Introduction to the Films of Clint Eastwood 1
-
Part I. Crosscurrents
- 2 “I Don’t Want Nobody Belonging to Me”: Riding the Post- Leone Western 19
- 3. “God/Country/Family”: The Military Movies 36
- 4. “A Man’s Got to Know His Limitations”: The Cop Films from Nixon through Reagan 55
- 5. “I’m Not So Tough”: Melodrama and Performance in the Later Films 75
- 6. “Heroes Are Something We Create”: The Biopics 94
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Part II. Controversies
- 7. “I Am a Camera”: The Performative Gaze 117
- 8. “You Ain’t Ugly like Me; It’s Just That We Both Got Scars”: Women in Eastwood’s Films 134
- 9. “I Know I’m as Blind as a Slab of Concrete, but I’m Not Helpless”: The Aging Action Hero 152
- 10. “Seems like We Can’t Trust the White Man”: The Theater of Race 169
- 11. Play Music for Me: The Film Scores 190
- Acknowledgments 211
- Notes on Contributors 213
- Index 217