At every turn in the development of what we now know as the western, women writers have been instrumental in its formation. Yet the myth that the western is male-authored persists. Westerns: A Women's History debunks this myth once and for all by recovering the women writers of popular westerns who were active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when the western genre as we now know it emerged.
Victoria Lamont offers detailed studies of some of the many women who helped shape the western. Their novels bear the classic hallmarks of the western--cowboys,...
At every turn in the development of what we now know as the western, women writers have been instrumental in its formation. Yet the myth that the west...
Considers Las Vegas and the problem of regional identity in the American West through a case study of a single episode of the crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Delving deep into the interwoven events of the episode titled ""4 x 4"", but resisting a linear, logical case-study approach, the authors draw connections between the city and the violent, uncanny mysteries of a crime scene.
Considers Las Vegas and the problem of regional identity in the American West through a case study of a single episode of the crime drama CSI: Crime S...
The pioneering essays in Teaching Western American Literature give instructors entree into the classrooms, syllabi, and assignments of leading scholars in the field.
The pioneering essays in Teaching Western American Literature give instructors entree into the classrooms, syllabi, and assignments of leading scholar...
