Hollywood's Frontier Captives : Cultural Anxiety and the Captivity Plot in American Film (Paperback)

Chapter 1: The Captivity Narrative Tradition and Hollywood Film, Chapter 2: Resisting Rescue: The Problem of the Captive's Agency in The Searchers, Chapter 3: The Captive's Return and the Limits of Community in The Unforgiven, Two Rode Together, and Comanche Station, Chapter 4: Making a Name for Himself: The Captive as Adopted Son in A Man Called Horse and Little Big Man, Chapter 5: The Captivity Plot and the Politics of Postmodernism in Taxi Driver, Chapter 6: The Rescue Mission and the Recuperation of the Hero in the Vietnam War Film, Conclusion, Filmography, Works Cited, Index