1st Edition
by Nicolas S. Witschi (Editor)
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
