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Title: How the West was spun
Post by: chowhound on January 15, 2010, 11:39:32 pm

Maybe others already know about this article by Annie Proulx but I only came across it a couple of days ago. It's longish but well worth a read. It could certainly provide a start for a discussion of the portrayal of "cowboy" culture in Brokeback Mountain:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/jun/25/featuresreviews.guardianreview24 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/jun/25/featuresreviews.guardianreview24)

Title: Re: How the West was spun
Post by: sel on January 16, 2010, 02:05:16 pm

Most interesting article. Thank you Chowhound!

Title: Re: How the West was spun
Post by: Brown Eyes on January 16, 2010, 04:18:39 pm

Thanks for pointing this out!
:)

Title: Re: How the West was spun
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 16, 2010, 06:23:42 pm

Yes, thanks very much. It's a very interesting article.

Sort of Annie Proulx at her Annie Proulxiest.  ;D

Title: Re: How the West was spun
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 16, 2010, 09:02:30 pm

There's Proustian...and there's Prouxian!!