Dirty wars : landscape, power, and waste in western American literature / John Beck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beck, John, 1963-

Series:

Postwestern horizons.

Postwestern horizons

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--West (U.S.)--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Politics and literature.

Politics and culture--United States--History--20th century.

Politics and culture.

War and literature.

West (U.S.)--In literature.

West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since World War II, the American West has become the nation's military arsenal, proving ground, and disposal site. Through a wide-ranging discussion of recent literature produced in and about the West, Dirty Wars explores how the region's iconic landscapes, invested with myths of national virtue, have obscured the West's crucial role in a post-World War II age of "permanent war."

Contents:

Introduction : dirty wars

The purloined landscape

The prehistory of the permanent war economy

Dust breeding : narratives of inter(n)ment

Learning from Los Alamos

Gridlocked and homeless

Loomings : dread in west Texas

After nature : gothic contamination

After nature writing

The west as Cold War museum

The fringe of empire

Conclusion : endless war.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612424427

9781282424425

1282424424

9780803226692

0803226691

OCLC:

593259818