The Southwest in American Literature and Art: The Rise of a Desert Aesthetic

The Southwest in American Literature and Art: The Rise of a Desert Aesthetic
ISBN-10
0816517843
ISBN-13
9780816517848
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
230
Language
English
Published
1997-10
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Author
David Warfield Teague

Description

By analyzing ways in which indigenous cultures described the American Southwest, David Teague persuasively argues against the destructive approach that Americans currently take to the region. Included are Native American legends and Spanish and Hispanic literature. As he traces ideas about the desert, Teague shows how literature and art represent the Southwest as a place to be sustained rather than transformed. 14 illustrations.

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