Looka Yonder!

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 ian 2026

First published in 1988, Looka Yonder! analyses important and ambivalent terrain of American populism across a range of cultural forms, historical traditions and political events.With equal weight given to literary traditions and popular culture, it will appeal to those who enjoy the energy of American films, fiction and music.

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ISBN-13: 9781032891194
ISBN-10: 103289119X
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd.

Cuprins

Introduction: Looka Yonder! 1. Family fields: the farming narrative 2. Country images: from Steinbeck’s Okies to Hollywood’s heartland 3. Sam Shepard’s cowboy mouth: representing masculinity 4. ‘Things fall apart’: loss in recent American fiction 5. American crime: ‘Debts no honest man could pay’ 6. ‘Are you ready for the country?’: tradition and American music 7. The long reaction: ‘Americanization’ and cultural criticism Conclusion: President Rambo’s poodle

Recenzii

Review of the first publication:
“…his book is a valuable corrective to the appropriation by conservative ideologues of iconic images of the American environment.”
— David Sanjek, American Quarterly

Notă biografică

Duncan Webster, at the time of the first publication, was Lecturer in English at Trent Polytechnic.

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