03211nam 2200661 a 450 991045151030332120200520144314.01-281-73402-097866117340220-8032-1783-8(CKB)1000000000483896(EBL)332873(OCoLC)476136099(SSID)ssj0000238053(PQKBManifestationID)11176431(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238053(PQKBWorkID)10222033(PQKB)11732491(MiAaPQ)EBC332873(OCoLC)232607108(MdBmJHUP)muse11872(Au-PeEL)EBL332873(CaPaEBR)ebr10233882(CaONFJC)MIL173402(EXLCZ)99100000000048389620080115d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rhizomatic West[electronic resource] representing the American West in a transnational, global, media age /Neil CampbellLincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20081 online resource (393 p.)Postwestern horizonsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8032-1539-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-377) and index.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; IndexUsing 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 booPostwestern horizons.Place (Philosophy) in artIdentity (Philosophical concept) in artArts, Modern20th centuryWest (U.S.)In artElectronic books.Place (Philosophy) in art.Identity (Philosophical concept) in art.Arts, Modern700/.45878Campbell Neil1957-604968MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451510303321The rhizomatic West2473435UNINA