Zawsze błądzić pośród wiatrów. Antropologiczne studium ewolucji strukturalnej westernu filmowego
Wander Forever between the Winds. Anthropological Study of the Structural Evolution of Westerns

Author(s): Piotr Fabiś
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: western; movie; myth; structure; theory of social contract; society
Summary/Abstract: Wander Forever between the Winds. Anthropological Study of the Structural Evolution of Westerns a book about films that are carriers of myth. The western is a myth in the original sense of the word, which can be described as follows: A myth is a story about sacred things. Sacred things do not necessarily belong to the supernatural order. Sacred things are things that are most important to a society. A myth is also a story about events which create a structure that can be applied simultaneously to the past, present and future. In Wander Forever between the Winds, the western is initially a myth about the creation of society through a social contract, then evolves to become an antimyth seeking to imitate history, and finally, in the history of the western as a film genre, the period of life after death begins, which continues to the present day.

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