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Hearts of the West: Some Aspects of Women's Roles in American Westerns, 1939-1969
(1991) Hehner, Barbara
A thesis by Barbara Hehner [M.F.A., 1991] on the nature, scope and limits of the representation of women within American western movies, 1939 – 1969.
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'In a Moment of Brilliance': Heidegger's Horsemen, HIGH NOON and the Existential Sentiment of 'Westerns'
(1981) Cameron, Evan Wm.; Hehner, Barbara
By evidence and common consent, great 'western' movies are mythical encompassing a Weltanschauung that has engaged viewers within diverse cultures for over a century. Questions recur, however. What makes them so? and why have they proven so enticing to male viewers in particular? Within this essay I and Barbara Hehner address those questions, attending to the design of HIGH NOON as exemplary.
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Reclaiming the Gaze: Mulvey, Feminism and the Woman Spectator
(1985) Hehner, Barbara
A essay by Barbara Hehner on feminism and its relevance for the study of films and filmmaking as submitted in November of 1985 in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a course in Film Theory taught by EWC. She was at the time a graduate student within the Master of Fine Arts programme in Film at York University.