Dirty wars : landscape, power, and waste in western American literature /

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Since World War II, the American West has become the nation's military arsenal, proving ground, and disposal site. Through a wide-ranging discussion of recent literature produced in and about the West, Dirty Wars explores how the region's iconic landscapes, invested with myths of national...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beck, John, 1963-
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009.
Colección:Postwestern horizons.
Temas:
1900-1999
American literature > West (U.S.) > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Politics and culture > United States > History > 20th century.
War and literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Politique et culture > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre et littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Literature.
Politics and culture.
Politics and literature.
West (U.S.) > In literature.
United States.
West United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : dirty wars
  • The purloined landscape
  • The prehistory of the permanent war economy
  • Dust breeding : narratives of inter(n)ment
  • Learning from Los Alamos
  • Gridlocked and homeless
  • Loomings : dread in west Texas
  • After nature : gothic contamination
  • After nature writing
  • The west as Cold War museum
  • The fringe of empire
  • Conclusion : endless war.

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