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

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...

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1. Verfasser: Campbell, Neil, 1957-
Format: Regierungsdokument Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Schriftenreihe:Postwestern horizons.
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Zusammenfassung: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. Crossing the concept of?roots? with?routes,? this boo.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (383 pages :)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-377) and index.
ISBN:9780803217836
0803217838
1281734020
9781281734020
9786611734022
6611734023

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