| Description |
1 online resource (383 pages) : illustrations |
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Postwestern horizons |
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Postwestern horizons.
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Theorizing the Rhizomatic West; 1. Toward an Expanded Critical Regionalism: Contact and Interchange; 2. Feasts of Wire: Rubén Martinez and the Transfrontera Contact Zone; 3. Welcome to Westworld: Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West; 4. The 'Western' in Quotes: Generic Variations; 5. Dialogical Landscapes:; 6. Strata and Routes: Living on Reservation X; 7. Postwestern Generations? Douglas Coupland's; Conclusion: On; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
Using Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari?s concept of the rhizome, Neil Campbell shows how the West (or west-ness) continually breaks away from a mainstream notion of American?rootedness? and renews and transforms itself in various cultural forms. A region long traversed by various transient peoples (from tribes and conquerors to immigrants, traders, and trappers), the West reflects a mythic quest for settlement, permanence, and synthesis?even notions of a national or global identity?at odds with its rootless history, culture, and nature. Crossing the concept of?roots? with?routes,? this boo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-377) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Place (Philosophy) in art.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) in art.
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Arts, Modern -- 20th century.
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Arts, Modern.
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ART -- Reference.
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ART -- Performance.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Arts, Modern
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Identity (Philosophical concept) in art
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Place (Philosophy) in art
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Identität Motiv
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Künste
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USA -- Weststaaten Motiv
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Culture populaire -- États-Unis (ouest)
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Arts américains -- États-Unis (ouest)
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Cultural studies -- États-Unis.
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Mondialisation -- États-Unis.
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| SUBJECT |
West (U.S.) -- In art.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009000732
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West United States
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États-Unis (ouest) -- Histoire -- Dans l'art.
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États-Unis (ouest) -- Histoire -- 1945- ...
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États-Unis (ouest) -- Histoire -- 21e siècle.
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USA -- Weststaaten <Motiv>
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| Genre/Form |
Art
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008001903 |
| ISBN |
9780803217836 |
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0803217838 |
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1281734020 |
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9781281734020 |
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9786611734022 |
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6611734023 |
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