{"product_id":"maverick-paperback","title":"Maverick - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis Broe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAiring on ABC from 1957 to 1962, \u003cem\u003e Maverick\u003c\/em\u003e appeared at a key moment in television Western history and provided a distinct alternative to the genre's usual moralistic lawmen in its hero, Bret Maverick. A non-violent gambler and part-time con man, Maverick's principles revolved around pleasure and not power, and he added humor, satire, and irony to the usually grim-faced Western. In this study of \u003cem\u003eMaverick, \u003c\/em\u003eauthor Dennis Broe details how the popular series mocked, altered, and undermined the characteristics of other popular Westerns, like \u003cem\u003eGunsmoke\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBonanza.\u003c\/em\u003e Broe highlights the contributions made by its creators, its producer, Roy Huggins, and its lead actor, James Garner, to a format that was described as \"the American fairy tale.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Broe describes how Garner and Huggins struck blows against a feudal studio system that was on its last legs in cinema but was being applied even more rigidly in television. He considers \u003cem\u003eMaverick\u003c\/em\u003e as a place where multiple counter-cultural discourses converged--including Baudelaire's Flaneur, Guy DeBord's Situationists, and Jack Kerouc's Beats--in a form that was acceptable to American households. Finally, Broe shows how the series' validation of Maverick's outside-the-law status punctured the Cold War rhetoric promoted by the \"adult\" Western. Broe also highlights the series' female con women or\u003cem\u003e flaneuses, \u003c\/em\u003e who were every bit the equal of their male counterparts and added additional layers to the traditional schoolteacher\/showgirl Western dichotomy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Broe demonstrates the progressive nature of \u003cem\u003eMaverick \u003c\/em\u003eas it worked to counter the traditional studio mode of production, served as a locus of counter-cultural trends, and would ultimately become the lone outpost of anti-Cold War and anti-establishment sentiments within the Western genre. \u003cem\u003eMaverick\u003c\/em\u003e fans and scholars of American television history will enjoy this close look at the classic series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Broe's\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ebooks include \u003ci\u003eClass, Crime and International Film Noir: Globalizing America's Dark Art; Film Noir, American Workers, and Postwar Hollywood; Cold War Expressionism: Perverting the Politics of Perception; \u003c\/i\u003eand the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eThe End of Leisure and the Birth of the Binge: Hyperindustrialism and Television Seriality\u003c\/i\u003e. His television criticism segment, \"Broe on the Global Television Beat\" appears on \u003ci\u003eArts Express\u003c\/i\u003e on WBAI in New York and on the Pacifica Radio Network. He is a professor of film and television studies at Long Island University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.09 x 7 x 5.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177033187577,"sku":"9780814339169","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Bimzr7Lz0_9780814339169.webp?v=1767693620","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/maverick-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}