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chowhound
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How the West was spun
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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
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Most interesting article. Thank you Chowhound!
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Thanks for pointing this out!
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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.
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There's Proustian...and there's Prouxian!!
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