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Autore |
Campbell Neil <1957-> |
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Titolo |
The rhizomatic West [[electronic resource] ] : representing the American West in a transnational, global, media age / / Neil Campbell |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-73402-0 |
9786611734022 |
0-8032-1783-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (393 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Place (Philosophy) in art |
Identity (Philosophical concept) in art |
Arts, Modern - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
West (U.S.) In art |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-377) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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: ""Outsider"" Photography of the West; 6. Strata and Routes: Livnig on Reservation X; 7. Postwestern Generations? Douglas Coupland's ""Plastic Radiant Way""; Conclusion: On ""The Crystal Frontier""; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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