Thelma & Louise, the 1991 film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, has been described as a road movie, a buddy movie, a feminist parable, and only incidentally as a Western. An Oscar winner for first-time screenwriter Callie Khouri, Thelma & Louise catalyzed a national conversation about women, violence, and self-determination in a Hollywood still shrugging off the West of John Wayne and in an America that still viewed women as accessories to the national mythology.
In this latest volume in the Reel West series, Susan Kollin recreates this watershed moment for women's movies in general and women's Westerns in particular.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One. Gender, Sexuality, and the Western
Chapter Two. "A Love Letter to the West"
Chapter Three. "We're Fugitives Now": Women, Guns, and Violence
Conclusion. Beyond the Abyss
Notes
Bibliography
