State of Minds: Texas Culture and Its Discontents

by Don Graham and Dashka Slater

Book Overview

John Steinbeck once famously wrote that "Texas is a state of mind." For those who know it well, however, the Lone Star State is more than one mind-set, more than a collection of clich?s, more than a static stereotype. There are minds in Texas, Don Graham asserts, and some of the most important are the writers and filmmakers whose words and images have helped define the state to the nation, the world, and the people of Texas themselves. For many years,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029272361X
• ISBN13: 9780292723610
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"