In no other region of the United States has the notion of
authenticity played such an important yet elusive role as it has in
the West. Though pervasive in literature, popular culture, and
history, assumptions about western authenticity have not received
adequate critical attention. Given the ongoing economic and social
transformations in this vast region, the persistent nostalgia and
desire for the "real" authentic West suggest regional and national
identities at odds with themselves. "True West" explores the
concept of authenticity as it is used to invent, test, advertise,
and read the West.
The fifteen essays collected here apply contemporary critical
and cultural theory to western literary history, Native American
literature and identities, the visual West, and the imagining of
place. Ranging geographically from the Canadian Prairies to Buena
Park's Entertainment Corridor in Southern California, and
chronologically from early tourist narratives to contemporary
environmental writing, "True West" challenges many assumptions we
make about western writing and opens the door to an important new
chapter in western literary history and cultural criticism.
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