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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Neil, 1957-

Series:

Postwestern horizons.

Postwestern horizons

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Place (Philosophy) in art.

Identity (Philosophical concept) in art.

Arts, Modern--20th century.

Arts, Modern.

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

West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9786611734022

9781281734020

1281734020

9780803217836

0803217838

OCLC:

476136099