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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826798703321

Autore

Campbell Neil <1957->

Titolo

The rhizomatic West : representing the American West in a transnational, global, media age / / Neil Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-73402-0

9786611734022

0-8032-1783-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Postwestern horizons

Disciplina

700/.45878

Soggetti

Place (Philosophy) in art

Identity (Philosophical concept) in art

Arts, Modern - 20th century

West (U.S.) In art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-377) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.