Contemporary Western

Contemporary Western is a subgenre of the Western genre that includes contemporary settings and uses Old West themes, archetypes, and motifs, such as a rebellious antihero, open plains and desert landscapes, or gunfights. This sub-genre includes the post-Western, neo-Western, and urban Western genres that include "the cowboy cult" in a modern setting that involves the audience's feelings and understanding of Western movies.^[1] A neo-Western can be said to use Western themes set in the present day.^[2]^: 62 According to Stephen Teo in Eastern Westerns: Film and Genre Outside and Inside Hollywood, there is little difference between the neo-Western and post-Western, and the terms may often be used interchangeably.^[3]^: 96

^ French, Philip (2005). Westerns: aspects of a movie genre; and, Westerns revisited. Manchester: Carcanet. p. 84. ISBN 1-85754-747-0. OCLC 57484960.
^ Broughton, Lee (2016-09-19). Critical Perspectives on the Western: From A Fistful of Dollars to Django Unchained. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7243-9.
^ Teo, Stephen (2017). Eastern westerns: film and genre outside and inside Hollywood. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-59226-6. OCLC 968926905.

[:3-1] French, Philip (2005). Westerns: aspects of a movie genre; and, Westerns revisited. Manchester: Carcanet. p. 84. ISBN 1-85754-747-0. OCLC 57484960.

[:4-2] Broughton, Lee (2016-09-19). Critical Perspectives on the Western: From A Fistful of Dollars to Django Unchained. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7243-9.

[:2-3] Teo, Stephen (2017). Eastern westerns: film and genre outside and inside Hollywood. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-59226-6. OCLC 968926905.

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