revisionist Western
C7060
concept
A revisionist Western is a subgenre of Western film or literature that challenges traditional frontier myths by presenting morally ambiguous characters, critiquing heroism and manifest destiny, and highlighting the perspectives of marginalized groups.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western novel | 25 |
| revisionist Western film | 13 |
| American Western film | 4 |
| Western subgenre | 3 |
| psychological Western film | 2 |
| Western film subgenre | 1 |
| revisionist Western canonical | 1 |
Instances (49)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| These Thousand Hills | Western novel |
| Arfive | Western novel |
| Quigley Down Under | American Western film |
| The Spoilers | Western novel |
| McCabe & Mrs. Miller | revisionist Western film |
| Spaghetti Westerns | Western film subgenre |
| The Hired Hand | revisionist Western film |
| The Wild Bunch | revisionist Western film |
| Unforgiven | revisionist Western film |
|
Western novel The Big Country
surface form:
The Big Country
|
Western novel |
| Ulzana's Raid | revisionist Western film |
| Django Unchained | — |
| The Place of Dead Roads | Western novel |
| Blood Meridian | Western novel |
|
True Grit (novel)
surface form:
True Grit
|
Western novel |
|
The Ox-Bow Incident (novel)
surface form:
The Ox-Bow Incident
|
Western novel |
| Hombre | Western novel |
| Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down | Western novel |
| Seraphim Falls | revisionist Western film |
|
The Cowboys (novel)
surface form:
The Cowboys
|
Western novel |
|
novel "Arrow in the Dust"
surface form:
Arrow in the Dust
|
Western novel |
| Dead Man | revisionist Western film |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | revisionist Western film |
|
The Magnificent Seven
surface form:
The Magnificent Seven (1960 film)
|
American Western film |
| The Lone Star Ranger | Western novel |
| Revisionist Westerns | Western subgenre |
| The Naked Spur | psychological Western film |
| Ride in the Whirlwind | revisionist Western film |
| The Rainbow Trail | Western novel |
| Slow West | revisionist Western film |
| A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel) | Western novel |
| Chato's Land | revisionist Western film |
| Posse | revisionist Western film |
| Wizard and Glass | Western novel |
| Wolves of the Calla | Western novel |
| The Power of the Dog | Western novel |
| The Harder They Fall | revisionist Western film |
|
film "Young Guns II" (soundtrack contributor)
surface form:
Young Guns II
|
American Western film |
|
The Virginian (novel)
surface form:
The Virginian
|
Western novel |
| Appaloosa | Western novel |
|
The Spoilers (novel)
surface form:
The Spoilers
|
Western novel |
| Desperadoes | Western novel |
| Payback at Morning Peak | Western novel |
| Breakheart Pass | Western novel |
| The Wonderful Country | Western novel |
| Acid Western | Western subgenre |
| Contemporary Western | Western subgenre |
| various Roy Rogers Western films | American Western film |
| No Name on the Bullet (1959 film) | psychological Western film |