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Tough Ain't Enough
New Perspectives on the Films of Clint Eastwood
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Edited by:
Lester D. Friedman
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With contributions by:
Lester D. Friedman
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English
Published/Copyright:
2018
About this book
Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this point in his career, has emerged as one of America’s most popular, recognizable, and respected filmmakers. He also remains a controversial figure in the political landscape, often characterized as the most prominent conservative voice in mostly liberal Hollywood. At Eastwood’s late age, his critical success as actor and director, his combative willingness to confront serious cultural issues in his films, and his undeniable talent behind the camera all call for a new and comprehensive study that considers and contextualizes his multiple roles, both on and off screen. Tough Ain’t Enough offers readers a series of original essays by prominent cinema scholars that explore the actor-director’s extensive career. The result is a far-reaching and nuanced portrait of one of America’s most prolific and thoughtful filmmakers.
Author / Editor information
LESTER D. FRIEDMAN is a professor emeritus of the Media and Society Program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He is the author or editor of over twenty books, including Monstrous Progeny: A History of the Frankenstein Narratives (Rutgers University Press).
DAVID DESSER is an emeritus professor of cinema studies and comparative and world literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has written and edited eleven books, including The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity.
DAVID DESSER is an emeritus professor of cinema studies and comparative and world literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has written and edited eleven books, including The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity.
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— Chronicle of Higher Education
"The editors have assembled a diverse group of scholars and turned them loose to make sense of the vast array of contradictions that is Clint Eastwood. This is a unique and extraordinary collection with not a weak chapter in it."
— Dennis Bingham, author of Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre"Highly recommended."
— ChoiceTopics
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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1. The Teller and the Tale: An Introduction to the Films of Clint Eastwood
1 - Part I. Crosscurrents
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2 “I Don’t Want Nobody Belonging to Me”: Riding the Post- Leone Western
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3. “God/Country/Family”: The Military Movies
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4. “A Man’s Got to Know His Limitations”: The Cop Films from Nixon through Reagan
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5. “I’m Not So Tough”: Melodrama and Performance in the Later Films
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6. “Heroes Are Something We Create”: The Biopics
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7. “I Am a Camera”: The Performative Gaze
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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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9. “I Know I’m as Blind as a Slab of Concrete, but I’m Not Helpless”: The Aging Action Hero
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10. “Seems like We Can’t Trust the White Man”: The Theater of Race
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11. Play Music for Me: The Film Scores
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Acknowledgments
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Notes on Contributors
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Index
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Publishing information
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September 2, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9780813586045
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9780813586045
Keywords for this book
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For universities and colleges of further and higher education
