Worlding the Western : contemporary US Western fiction and the global community / Neil Campbell.

"Worlding the Western takes the fiction of the Western United States as a focal point for a re-examination of the consequences of exceptionalism and closed borders in the Trump Era. At a time of bounded individualism, new nativism, climate emergency, and migration crises, author Neil Campbell argues...

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Main Author: Campbell, Neil, 1957- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Reno ; Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Western stories.
American fiction > West (U.S.)
Globalization in literature.
West (U.S.) > In literature.
American fiction.
Literature.
West United States.
Physical Description:vii, 235 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
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"Worlding the Western takes the fiction of the Western United States as a focal point for a re-examination of the consequences of exceptionalism and closed borders in the Trump Era. At a time of bounded individualism, new nativism, climate emergency, and migration crises, author Neil Campbell argues that fiction offers opportunities to put the world back in ways that challenge the dark side of globalization and proposes worlding as a different and more open form of politics"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number:PS169.W4 C36 2022
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781647790554
1647790557