A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West

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A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West is written by Nicolas S. Witschi and published by John Wiley & Sons. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1118652517 (ISBN 10) and 9781118652510 (ISBN 13).

A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West presents a series of essays that explore the historic and contemporary cultural expressions rooted in America's western states. Offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of cultural expressions originating in the west Focuses on the intersections, complexities, and challenges found within and between the different historical and cultural groups that define the west's various distinctive regions Addresses traditionally familiar icons and ideas about the west (such as cowboys, wide-open spaces, and violence) and their intersections with urbanization and other regional complexities Features essays written by many of the leading scholars in western American cultural studies