The Rhizomatic West Representing the American West in a Transnational, Global, Media Age |
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| Author:
| Campbell, Neil |
| Series title: | Postwestern Horizons Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-4393-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $42.90 |
Book Description:
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Is the American West in Sergio Leone's "spaghetti westerns" the same American West we find in Douglas Coupland's Generation X ? In Jim Jarmusch's movies? Or is the American West, as this book tells us, a constantly moving, mutating idea within a complex global culture? And what, precisely does it mean? Using Gilles Deleuze and F#65533;lix Guattari's concept of the rhizome, Neil Campbell shows how the West continually breaks away from a mainstream notion of American "rootedness" and...
More DescriptionIs the American West in Sergio Leone's "spaghetti westerns" the same American West we find in Douglas Coupland's Generation X ? In Jim Jarmusch's movies? Or is the American West, as this book tells us, a constantly moving, mutating idea within a complex global culture? And what, precisely does it mean? Using Gilles Deleuze and F#65533;lix Guattari's concept of the rhizome, Neil Campbell shows how the West continually breaks away from a mainstream notion of American "rootedness" and renews and transforms itself in various cultural forms.