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Go east, young man : imagining the American West as the Orient /
"Transference of orientalist images and identities to the American landscape and its inhabitants, especially in the West-in other words, portrayal of the West as the 'Orient'--has been a common aspect of American cultural history. Place names, such as the Jordan River or Pyramid Lake,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan :
Utah State University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : the malleable landscape
- The frontier West as the Orient (ca. 1810/1920)
- The American Zahara : into and beyond the Great Western Plains
- In praise of pyramids : orientalizing the western interior
- Chosen people, chosen land : Utah as the Holy Land
- Finding new Eden : the American Southwest
- The Far East in the Far West : Chinese and Japanese California
- Syria on the Pacific : California as the Near/Middle East
- To ancient East by ocean united : the Pacific Northwest as Asia
- The modern West as the Orient (ca. 1920-2010)
- Lands of enchantment : the modern West as the Near/Middle East
- Another place and another time : the modern West as the Far East/Asia
- Conclusion full circle : imagining the Orient as the American West.