{"product_id":"swept-out-of-a-dead-frontier-apocalypse-disappearance-and-the-uncertain-future-of-the-contemporary-western-paperback","title":"Swept Out of a Dead Frontier: Apocalypse, Disappearance and the Uncertain Future of the Contemporary Western - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeremy T. Wattles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis critical study of Annie Proulx's Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 (2004), Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men (2005), and Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993) uncovers the disconnections between Americans' national myths regarding the West and the challenging realities standing in the way of its sustainable future. Jeremy Wattles reflects on three different portraits of the West (Wyoming, Texas, Washington), and outlines the religious and cultural antecedents to their declarations of apocalypse. His text recognizes these fictions as a sobering check on a stereotypical, nationalistic ideology of self-reliance and providential progress, and offers a reappraisal of American identity in the face of modern economic, environmental and social concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47902742642909,"sku":"9781932842685","price":23.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/VMKIMXQ_Uv9781932842685.webp?v=1778436395","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/swept-out-of-a-dead-frontier-apocalypse-disappearance-and-the-uncertain-future-of-the-contemporary-western-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}