New Westers

West in Contemporary American Culture

By: Michael L. Johnson

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Hardcover | 31 May 1996

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"A lively, entertaining, and well-written survey of the role of the West in recent American culture that will appeal to all readers". -- Richard W. Etulain, coauthor of The American West. "Johnson runs the gamut of current Western culture -- from poets, novelists, and historians to singers, dancers, and rodeo riders. Whatever you like about the New West, Johnson has something refreshing to say about it " -- Richard W. Slatta, author of Cowboys of the Americas.

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"Break out your favorite cowboy/girl outfit, settle back, and enjoy a delightful ride with the New Westers. Johnson runs the gamut of current Western culture--from poets, novelists, and historians to singers, dancers, and rodeo riders. Whatever you like about the New West, Johnson has something refreshing to say about it!"--Richard W. Slatta, author of Cowboys of the Americas and The Cowboy Encyclopedia "Illuminating, very well written and easy to read."--Tony Hillerman "A lively, entertaining, and well-written survey of the role of the West in recent American culture that will appeal to all readers."--Richard W. Etulain, coauthor of The American West and editor of Writing Western History "New Westers brings it all together--movies and fashion, historians and architects, chili-eating and two-stepping. A readable roundup of all of the manifestations of America's most recent flirtation with the West of the imagination."--Elliott West, author of The Way to the West

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Westering Again	p. 1
A Vertical Ride: Cowboy Chic and Other Fashions of the New West	p. 14
Manifest Diversity: Turning Turner on His Head, Retelling Western Histories	p. 55
Rewriters of the Purple Sage, Part 1: Trails to New Western Literature	p. 102
Rewriters of the Purple Sage, Part 2: A Gathering	p. 135
Crossed Over: Unforgiven and Other Revisions	p. 199
Garth and Friends: Resinging the West, Dancing to the Cowboy Beat	p. 260
The New West: A Sense of Place	p. 303
Conclusion: Staying Put: The Future of the New West	p. 342
Notes	p. 365
Suggested Readings	p. 385
Index	p. 391
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