My thanks to film scholars Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper for mentioning
my book Commie Cowboys in the introduction of their new academic book
International Westerns: Re-Locating the Frontier:
Numerous scholars have explored the genre and its impact from
various vantage points: Will Wright has examined the structure of the genre’s
narratives, while Jon Tuska has offered more thematic critical approaches. Peter
Stanfield has analyzed the role of “cowboy crooners” as exemplars of heartland
values, while Ryan McMaken has focused on “commie cowboys” as cultural
critique. While each of these is instructive when considering the genre in
relation to American culture, the discussion becomes more complex when the
genre is loosened from its cultural moorings.
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