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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The American West
2.1 Myth and Self-Identification
2.2 The West(ern) and its Cultural Significance
2.3 Gay Cowboys: Homosexuality and the Western
3.Brokeback Mountain: Establishing the West
3.1 The Wilderness-Civilization Dichotomy
3.1.1 The Nature of Desire: Brokeback Mountain
3.1.2 Urban Spaces: Painful Domestication
4. Gender Constructions and Homosexuality
4.1 The Cowboy Image as a Sacred Icon and Embodiment of Masculinity
4.2 The Legitimization of Violence: The Regeneration of Male Dominance
5. Brokeback Mountainand Homophobia: “You know, I ain’t queer”
6. Conclusion
7. Works Cited
8. Illustration Index
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- Bachelor of Arts Christina Keppeler (Autor:in), 2013, The Revision of the Western Genre in "Brokeback Mountain", München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/340830
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