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Dirty Words in Deadwood Postwestern Horizons General Editor William R. Handley University of Southern California Series Editors José Aranda Rice University Melody Graulich Utah State University Thomas King University of Guelph Rachel Lee University of California, Los Angeles Nathaniel Lewis Saint Michael’s College Stephen Tatum University of Utah D i r t y W o r d s i n D e a d w o o d Literature and the Postwestern edited by melody graulich and nicolas s. witschi University of Nebraska Press § Lincoln and London © 2013 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. Chapter 2, “Last Words in Deadwood,” by Brian McCuskey, originally appeared as “Last Words in Deadwood: Literacy and Mortality on the Frontier” in The Journal of Popular Culture (2011) Wiley Online Library. http://online library.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ j.1540-5931.2011.00876.x/pdf. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging- in-Publication Data Dirty words in Deadwood: literature and the postwestern / edited by Melody Graulich and Nicolas S. Witschi. pages cm. — (Postwestern horizons) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8032-6474-8 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Deadwood (Television program) I. Graulich, Melody, 1951– II. Witschi, Nicolas S., 1966– pn1992.77.d39d58 2013 791.45'72—dc23 2013000344 Set in ITC New Baskerville by Laura Wellington. Designed by A. Shahan. We dedicate this book to David Milch; to the cast, writers, and directors of Deadwood; and to everyone else who helped to make for hours of viewing and intellectual pleasure. contents list of illustrations ix acknowledgments xi introduction: Deadwood’s Barbaric Yawp: Sharing a Literary Heritage xiii Melody Graulich deadwood episodes lv deadwood cast l(cid:73)x 1. David Milch at Yale: An Interview 1 Nathaniel Lewis 2. Last Words in Deadwood 18 Brian McCuskey 3. The Thinking of Al Swearengen’s Body: Kidney Stones, Pigpens, and Burkean Catharsis in Deadwood 44 Tim Steckline 4. “Land of Oblivion”: Abjection, Broken Bodies, and the Western Narrative in Deadwood 72 John Dudley 5. The Final Stamp: Deadwood and the Gothic American Frontier 104 Wendy Witherspoon 6. “Down These Mean Streets”: Film Noir, Deadwood, Cinematic Space, and the Irruption of Genre Codes 124 Nicolas S. Witschi 7. “Right or Wrong, You Side with Your Feelings” 141 Jennilyn Merten 8. “A Brooding and Dangerous Soul”: Deadwood’s Imperfect Music 165 David Fenimore 9. Calamity Jane and Female Masculinity in Deadwood 184 Linda Mizejewski 10. Queer Spaces and Emotional Couplings in Deadwood 208 Michael K. Johnson 11. Who Put the Gun into the Whore’s Hand? Disability in Deadwood 236 Nicole Tonkovich bibliography 269 contributors 281 index 285 illustrations 1. Al observes the Gem xv 2. Al and Wu discuss “the San Francisco cocksucker” xxvi 3. Al and Adams discuss the “Founding Document” xxxvii 4. Sofi a observes xl 5. The team surveys Main Street xlii 6. Alma teases Bullock xliv 7. Bullock accepts his badge xlvii 8. David Milch 2 9. Al and Silas checking a document 32 10. Successful surgery 58 11. Trixie 74 12. Al and Cy on the watch 99 13. Sofi a 109 14. Charlie at Hickok’s grave 112 15. Bullock with his stepson’s casket 137 16. Al taking care of the preacher 142 17. Jane and the General 162 18. Wild Bill Hickok’s funeral 174 19. Jane and Joanie 201 20. Joanie helps with the bath 229 21. Jewel with Doc 256 22. Al in his offi ce 261 23. Preparing Jen’s body 262
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