Repository logo
 

Worldviews and the American West: the life of the place itself

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Polly, editor
dc.contributor.authorSiporin, Steve, editor
dc.contributor.authorSullivan, C. W., III, editor
dc.contributor.authorJones, Suzi, editor
dc.contributor.authorUtah State University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:45:45Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:45:45Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description.abstractA diverse group of writers and scholars follow the lead of noted folklorist Barre Toelken and consider, from the inside, the ways in which varied cultures in the American West understand and express their relations to the world around them. As Barre Toelken puts it in The Dynamics of Folklore, '''Worldview' refers to the manner in which a culture sees and expresses its relation to the world around it.
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Introduction, The Editors, Personal Essay -- 2. Language of Animals / Barry Lopez -- Song -- 3. Faith of our Fathers / George Venn -- 4. Blue Shadows on Human Drama: The Western Songscape / Hal Cannon -- Objects -- 5. A Diversity of Dead Helpers: Folk Saints of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands / James S. Griffith -- 6. Icons of Immortality: Forest Lawn and the American Way of Death / Elliott Oring -- 7. Ride 'Em, Barbie Girl: Commodifying Folklore, Place, and the Exotic / Jeannie B. Thomas -- 8. Tall Tales and Sales / Steve Siporin -- Narrative -- 9. Jesse James: An American Outlaw / C.W. Sullivan III -- 10. John Campbell's Adventure, and the Ecology of Story / Jarold Ramsey -- 11. Raven and the Tide: A Tlingit Narrative / Nora Marks Dauenhauer editor, Richard Dauenhauer, editor -- Groups -- 12. "Two Moonlight Rides and a Picnic Lunch": Memories of Childhood in a Logging Community / Twilo Scofield -- 13. In Her Own Words: Women's Frontier Friendships in Letters, Diaries, and Reminiscences / Margaret K. Brady -- 14. Concept of the West and Other Hindrances to the Study of Mormon Folklore / William A. Wilson -- 15. Coquelle Indians and the Cultural "Black Hole" of the Southern Oregon Coast / George B. Wasson -- 16. Visible Landscapes/Invisible People: Negotiating the Power of Representation in a Mining Community / Robert McCarl -- Personal Essay -- 17. Local Character / Kim Stafford.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/87822
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUtah State University Press
dc.rightsCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.
dc.rightsAll rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.
dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
dc.subject.lcshMinorities -- West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs
dc.subject.lcshEthnophilosophy -- West (U.S.)
dc.subject.lcshFolklore -- West (U.S.)
dc.subject.lcshGroup identity -- West (U.S.)
dc.subject.lcshWest (U.S.) -- Ethnic relations
dc.subject.lcshWest (U.S.) -- Civilization
dc.subject.lcshWest (U.S.) -- In literature
dc.titleWorldviews and the American West: the life of the place itself
dc.typeText

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
CUPress_9780874214567.pdf
Size:
1.11 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
UPC Members only
Download

Collections

University Press of Colorado
Utah State University Press