Captivating Westerns: The Middle East in the American West

by Susan Kollin

Book Overview

Tracing the transnational influences of what has been known as a uniquely American genre, "the Western," Susan Kollin's Captivating Westerns analyzes key moments in the history of multicultural encounters between the Middle East and the American West. In particular the book examines how experiences of contact and conflict have played a role in defining the western United States as a crucial American landscape. Kollin interprets the popular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496214234
• ISBN13: 9781496214232
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"