Description:
This edited collection explores the role of sex and sexuality in the genre known as the weird western--a popular hybrid form that mixes western themes, iconography, settings, or conventions with elements drawn from horror, fantasy, supernatural, or science fiction genres.
Review Quotes: "The project is timely, professionally crafted, and genuinely fun. This book is nicely packed with analysis of weird westerns from the 1960s to the very present, paying attention to diverse representation and experience in sex and sexualities. These are terrific essays that form a rich and nuanced volume that will be welcomed in the scholarly community."--Lydia R. Cooper, author of Masculinities in Literature of the American West