What is it about?
American Westerns have had a huge impact abroad. Contemporary film directors from Spain, Ireland and France use references to the Western genre to talk about their own identity and the origins of their nations. These films are called Transnational Post-Westerns and they offer striking similarities.
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Why is it important?
The article is important because it is uncovering similarities between films from different countries, and because these films have an impact in the way people from all over the world see themselves and their own country.
Perspectives
I hope this article helps readers to understand better the transnational impact of national myths (like the American West) as well as the cultural importance of films in the way we understand the world and our own nations.
JESUS ANGEL GONZALEZ
Universidad de Cantabria
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This page is a summary of: Foundational Myths and National Identity in European Transnational Post-Westerns, Western American Literature, January 2019, Project Muse,
DOI: 10.1353/wal.2019.0048.
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