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A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West
Contributor(s): Witschi, Nicolas S. (Editor)
ISBN: 1405187336     ISBN-13: 9781405187336
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $244.10  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
Dewey: 700.458
LCCN: 2011000566
Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.9" W x 9.8" (2.65 lbs) 578 pages
 
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A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West presents a series of essays that explore the historic and contemporary cultural expressions rooted in America's western states.
  • Offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of cultural expressions originating in the west
  • Focuses on the intersections, complexities, and challenges found within and between the different historical and cultural groups that define the west's various distinctive regions
  • Addresses traditionally familiar icons and ideas about the west (such as cowboys, wide-open spaces, and violence) and their intersections with urbanization and other regional complexities
  • Features essays written by many of the leading scholars in western American cultural studies