Western (genre)

The Western is an American genre in literature and film. Westerns are art works – films, literature, sculpture, television and radio shows, and paintings – devoted to telling stories set in the American West, often portraying it in a romanticized light.

Related Topics:
American - Genre - Literature - Film - Sculpture - Television - Radio - Painting - American West - Romanticized

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

While the Western has been popular throughout the history of movies, it has begun to diminish in importance as the United States progresses farther away from the period depicted .

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~