American historians such as Frederick Jackson Turner have argued that the West has been the region that most clearly defines American democracy and the national ethos. Throughout the twentieth century, the "frontier thesis" influenced film and television producers who used the West as a backdrop for an array of dramatic explorations of America's history and the evolution of its culture and values. The common themes found in Westerns distinguish the genre as a quintessentially American form of dramatic art. In Hollywood's West, Peter C. Rollins, John E. O'Connor, and the nation's leading film scholars analyze popular conceptions of the frontier as a fundamental element of American history and culture. This volume examines classic Western films and programs that span nearly a century, from Cimarron (1931) to Turner Network Television's recent made-for-TV movies. Many of the films discussed here are considered among the greatest cinematic landmarks of all time. The essays highlight the ways in which Westerns have both shaped and reflected the dominant social and political concerns of their respective eras. While Cimarron challenged audiences with an innovative, complex narrative, other Westerns of the early sound era such as The Great Meadow (1931) frequently presented nostalgic visions of a simpler frontier era as a temporary diversion from the hardships of the Great Depression. Westerns of the 1950s reveal the profound uncertainty cast by the cold war, whereas later Westerns display heightened violence and cynicism, products of a society marred by wars, assassinations, riots, and political scandals. The volume concludes with a comprehensive filmography and an informative bibliography of scholarly writings on the Western genre. This collection will prove useful to film scholars, historians, and both devoted and casual fans of the Western genre. Hollywood's West makes a significant contribution to the understanding of both the historic American frontier and its innumerable popular representations. In Hollywood's West, Peter C. Rollins, John E. O'connor, And The Nation's Leading Film Scholars Analyze Popular Conceptions Of The Frontier As A Fundamental Element Of American History And Culture. This Volume Examines Classic Western Films And Programs That Span Nearly A Century, From Cimarron (1931) To Turner Network Television's Recent Made-for-tv Movies. Many Of The Films Discussed Here Are Considered Among The Greatest Cinematic Landmarks Of All Time.--jacket. Introduction : The West, Westerns, And American Character / John E. O'connor And Peter C. Rollins -- The New Western History In 1931 : Rko And The Challenge Of Cimarron / J.e. Smyth -- Tradition, Parody, And Adaptation : Jed Buell's Unconventional West / Cynthia J. Miller -- The Lone Ranger : Adult Legacies Of A Juvenile Western / John Shelton Lawrence -- Wee Willie Winkie Goes West : The Influence Of The British Empire Genre On Ford's Cavalry Trilogy / Kathleen A. Mcdonough -- Beyond The River : Women And The Role Of The Feminine In Howard Hawks's Red River / John Parris Springer -- The Ache For Home : Assimilation And Separatism In Anthony Mann's Devil's Doorway / Joanna Hearne -- Giant Helps America Recognize The Cost Of Discrimination : A Lesson Of World War Ii / Monique James Baxter -- Rewriting High Noon : Transformations In American Popular Political Culture During The Cold War, 1952-1968 / Matthew J. Costello -- Almost Angels, Almost Feminists : Women In The Professionals / Winona Howe -- Cowboys And Comedy : The Simultaneous Deconstruction And Reinforcement Of Generic Conventions In The Western Parody / Matthew R. Turner -- Historical Discourse And American Identity In Westerns Since The Reagan Era / Alexandra Keller -- Challenging Legends, Complicating Border Lines : The Concept Of Frontera In John Sayles's Lone Star / Kimberly Sultze -- Turner Network Television's Made-for-tv Western Films : Engaging Audiences Through Genre And Themes / David Pierson. Edited By Peter C. Rollins, John E. O'connor. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [322]-344) And Index. Includes Filmography: P. [300]-321. the solution or its gradient. These new discretization techniques are promising approaches to overcome the severe problem of mesh-generation. Furthermore, the easy coupling of meshfree discretizations of continuous phenomena to dis crete particle models and the straightforward Lagrangian treatment of PDEs via these techniques make them very interesting from a practical as well as a theoretical point of view. Generally speaking, there are two different types of meshfree approaches; first, the classical particle methods [104, 105, 107, 108] and second, meshfree discretizations based on data fitting techniques [13, 39]. Traditional parti cle methods stem from physics applications like Boltzmann equations [3, 50] and are also of great interest in the mathematical modeling community since many applications nowadays require the use of molecular and atomistic mod els (for instance in semi-conductor design). Note however that these methods are Lagrangian methods; i. e., they are based On a time-dependent formulation or conservation law and can be applied only within this context. In a particle method we use a discrete set of points to discretize the domain of interest and the solution at a certain time. The PDE is then transformed into equa tions of motion for the discrete particles such that the particles can be moved via these equations. 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the Numerical Treatment Of Partial Differential Equations With Meshfree Discretization Techniques Has Been A Very Active Research Area In Recent Years. Up To Now, However, Meshfree Methods Have Been In An Early Experimental Stage And Were Not Competitive Due To The Lack Of Efficient Iterative Solvers And Numerical Quadrature. This Volume Now Presents An Efficient Parallel Implementation Of A Meshfree Method, Namely The Partition Of Unity Method (pum). A General Numerical Integration Scheme Is Presented For The Efficient Assembly Of The Stiffness Matrix As Well As An Optimal Multilevel Solver For The Arising Linear System. Furthermore, Detailed Information On The Parallel Implementation Of The Method On Distributed Memory Computers Is Provided And Numerical Results Are Presented In Two And Three Space Dimensions With Linear, Higher Order And Augmented Approximation Spaces With Up To 42 Million Degrees Of Freedom.
In early 1931, RKO Pictures released Cimarron, a history of an Oklahoma pioneering couple's marriage from the opening of the territory to white settlement in 1889 to the film's 1930 production year.
