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The Invention of the American Desert
- Art, Land, and the Politics of Environment
Engelsk Hardback
The Invention of the American Desert
- Art, Land, and the Politics of Environment
Engelsk Hardback

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Long viewed as a tabula rasa, the deserts of the American West have played a distinct role in the projection of American cultural identities. Historically represented through fantasies of individualism, frontier ruggedness, and land acquisition, the desert is also the site of extreme social and environmental violence. The Invention of the American Desert brings together a wide-ranging group of interdisciplinary essays that explore, through diverse perspectives, dialectical problems posed by an environment that has served as a testing ground for modernist experimentation in art and architecture, military-industrial incursions, and ecological disasters throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In light of the urgent climate crisis and the planet’s increasing desertification, this volume reflects on the nature and legacy of the desert as a crucible for competing visions of land, environment, and art.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9780520306691
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0520306694
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
2 nov 2021
Længde:
17mm
Bredde:
263mm
Højde:
183mm
Forlag:
University of California Press
Oplagsdato:
2 nov 2021
Forfatter(e):
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