The Cultures of the American New West by Neil Campbell

The Cultures of the American New West by Neil Campbell

An introductory survey of the important debates about key issues in the cultural history of the contemporary American West.

Campbell manages to move easily between discussions of art, culture, history, literature and issues of representation and this freedom of reference adds weight to the new analytical and methodological terminology that he proposesThe chapters on new landscapes, visualisations of the West, alternative histories and postmodernism and urbanism in the New West, each offer fresh and convincing readings of these emerging areas of approach. Provides excellent commentary on the concept of a New West and links history, film and theatre. -- Karen Jones, University of Essex Campbell manages to move easily between discussions of art, culture, history, literature and issues of representation and this freedom of reference adds weight to the new analytical and methodological terminology that he proposes. The chapters on new landscapes, visualisations of the West, alternative histories and postmodernism and urbanism in the New West, each offer fresh and convincing readings of these emerging areas of approach. Provides excellent commentary on the concept of a New West and links history, film and theatre.

Neil Campbell is Head of American Studies at the University of Derby. Author of The Cultures of the American New West (EUP, 2000) and co-author of American Cultural Studies (Routledge, 1997).

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ISBN 13	9780748611768
ISBN 10	0748611762
Title	The Cultures of the American New West
Author	Neil Campbell
Series	British Association For American Studies Paperbacks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Year published	2000-05-25
Number of pages	182
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