A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781444396584 | |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | May 4, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781444396584 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | May 4, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West presents a series of essays that explore the historic and contemporary cultural expressions rooted in America's western states.
- Offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of cultural expressions originating in the west
- Focuses on the intersections, complexities, and challenges found within and between the different historical and cultural groups that define the west's various distinctive regions
- Addresses traditionally familiar icons and ideas about the west (such as cowboys, wide-open spaces, and violence) and their intersections with urbanization and other regional complexities
- Features essays written by many of the leading scholars in western American cultural studies
A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West presents a series of essays that explore the historic and contemporary cultural expressions rooted in America's western states.
- Offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of cultural expressions originating in the west
- Focuses on the intersections, complexities, and challenges found within and between the different historical and cultural groups that define the west's various distinctive regions
- Addresses traditionally familiar icons and ideas about the west (such as cowboys, wide-open spaces, and violence) and their intersections with urbanization and other regional complexities
- Features essays written by many of the leading scholars in western American cultural studies
