TY  - GEN
T1  - True West : authenticity and the American West
T2  - Postwestern horizons.
A2  - Handley, William R.
A2  - Lewis, Nathaniel, 1962-
LA  - English
PP  - Lincoln
PB  - University of Nebraska Press
YR  - 2004
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm54770730
AB  - In no other region of the United States has the notion of authenticity played such an important yet elusive role as it has in the West. Though pervasive in literature, popular culture, and history, assumptions about western authenticity have not received adequate critical attention. Given the ongoing economic and social transformations in this vast region, the persistent nostalgia and desire for the "real" authentic West suggest regional and national identities at odds with themselves. True West explores the concept of authenticity as it is used to invent, test, advertise, and read the West. The fifteen essays collected here apply contemporary critical and cultural theory to western literary history, Native American literature and identities, the visual West, and the imagining of place. Ranging geographically from the Canadian Prairies to Buena Park's Entertainment Corridor in Southern California, and chronologically from early tourist narratives to contemporary environmental writing, True West challenges many assumptions we make about western writing and opens the door to an important new chapter in western literary history and cultural criticism.
CN  - PS561 .T78 2004eb
SN  - 0803203993
SN  - 9780803203990
SN  - 1280465859
SN  - 9781280465857
SN  - 9786610465859
SN  - 6610465851
SN  - 0803224109
SN  - 9780803224100
KW  - American literature : West (U.S.) : History and criticism.
KW  - West (U.S.) : Historiography.
KW  - West (U.S.) : In literature.
KW  - Realism in literature.
KW  - Réalisme dans la littérature.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : General.
KW  - American literature
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Literature
KW  - Realism in literature
KW  - West United States
KW  - Authenticiteit.
KW  - Geschiedschrijving.
KW  - Regionale geschiedenis (wetenschap)
KW  - Westen (Verenigde Staten)
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -