Trickster in the Land of Dreams - Hardcover

Papanikolas, Zeese

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803237030 ISBN 13: 9780803237032

Verlag: University of Nebraska Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Zeese Papanikolas

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Críticas

"Exceptional, an important 'crossover' book for western studies. . . . It is one of the first fine cultural studies texts in western history."--Western Historical Quarterly--Western Historical Quarterly "A brilliantly crafted eye-opener of a book that points to some of the most important errors in history that have cast a shadow on the concept of the American dream since the first encounters between tribal nations and the colonizers."--Southwestern American Literature--Southwestern American Literature "An intellectual delight."--Western American Literature--Western American Literature "A treatise on how we seek solace in the arms of illusion and come away empty and confused. Partisan, painful, provocative, funny, sad, brilliant commentary."--Salt Lake Tribune--Salt Lake Tribune

Reseña del editor

Zeese Papanikolas forges seemingly disparate events and movements in western history - including some of its strangest and most exotic strains - into a coherent whole by examining them against the laughter and wisdom of Shoshonean trickster tales. Seen against these tales, the West becomes both a canvas for the projection of dreams of utopia and the site of their shattered remains. Papanikolas undertakes a dramatic retelling of Shoshoni creation stories and examines, along with other topics, the mythologies embedded in the "Dream Mine" of Mormon folklore, the heroic images of cowboys and Wobblies, the MX missile, the dark side of Oz, the Las Vegas of tourists, dam builders, and gamblers. Among those whose visions are played out against the mirage-haunted background of the West are Cabeza de Vaca, Winston Churchill, Big Bill Haywood, and Native American wise man Antelope Jake. It is a testament to the power of Papanikolas's conception that he can weave the themes and topics of each chapter into a book that is both eloquent and intellectually stimulating.

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• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0803237030
• ISBN 13: 9780803237032
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 184