My Rifle, My Pony, and Feathers: Music and the Making of Men in Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo

Both High Noon and Rio Bravo dwell significantly on the establishment of socially-visible masculinity and its antiethical relationship with the concept of domesticity. A blurring of the distinction between exegetical or incidental music and music with a plot-specific, dramatic function is made in th...

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Published in:Quarterly review of film and video 2006-07, Vol.23 (3), p.267-279
Main Author: Arnold, David L. G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Motion picture criticism
Musicology
Social conditions & trends
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Summary:Both High Noon and Rio Bravo dwell significantly on the establishment of socially-visible masculinity and its antiethical relationship with the concept of domesticity. A blurring of the distinction between exegetical or incidental music and music with a plot-specific, dramatic function is made in the use of music in order to examine th constructions of masculinity and domesticity in Rio Bravo.
ISSN:1050-9208
1543-5326
DOI:10.1080/105092090503367