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Author Spurgeon, Sara L.

Title Exploding the Western : myths of empire on the postmodern frontier / Sara L. Spurgeon.

Publication Info. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2005]
©2005

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (x, 168 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 19
Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 19.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foundation of Empire: The Sacred Hunter and the Eucharist of the Wilderness in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian -- "Pledged in Blood": Truth and Redemption in Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses -- "The Acts of Their Own Hands": Borders, Otherness, and Identity in Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing -- Decolonizing Imperialism: Captivity Myths and the Postmodern World in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- Sanctioned Narratives and the (Non)Innocent Triumph of the Savage War: Mythic Co-Dependence in Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead -- Necessary Difference: The Creation of a Chicana Utopia in Ana Castillo's So Far from God.
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Subject American literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism.
American literature.
American literature -- Southwestern States -- History and criticism.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Southwestern States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
West (U.S.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Western stories -- History and criticism.
Western stories.
Postmodernism (Literature) -- West (U.S.)
Postmodernism (Literature)
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
Southwestern States -- In literature.
West (U.S.) -- In literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Spurgeon, Sara L. Exploding the Western. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2005 1585444030 (DLC) 2004020778 (OCoLC)56490890
ISBN 9781603445924 (electronic book)
1603445927 (electronic book)
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