The growth of feminism’s influence in American society during the mid-20th century paralleled the rise of strong, independent female characters over the traditionally weak women of Hollywood western film. The shift of female character types in a...

The film Bonnie and Clyde (1967, dir. Arthur Penn) is more than an escapist fantasy that lets the audience root for the bad guys. It is a groundbreaking example of American cinema, one that can also be used to construct a historiography of...