From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western is an original and compelling critical history of the American Western film. Provides an insightful overview of the American Western genreCovers the entire history of the Western, from 1939 to the presentAnalyses Westerns as products of a genre, as well as expressions of political and social desiresDeepens an audience's understanding of the genre's most important works, including Shane, Stagecoach, The Searchers, Unforgiven, and Kill BillContains numerous illustrations of the films and issues discussed.