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

• Autore: Campbell Neil <1957->
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 700/.45878
• Soggetto topico: Place (Philosophy) in art; Identity (Philosophical concept) in art; Arts, Modern - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) In art
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The rhizomatic West
• ISBN: 1-281-73402-0; 9786611734022; 0-8032-1783-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826798703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Postwestern horizons.