Author: Lynn Irwin PerrigoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The American Southwest
Author: Lynn Irwin PerrigoCulture in the American Southwest
Author: Keith L. BryantPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623492084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
If the Southwest is known for its distinctive regional culture, it is not only the indigenous influences that make it so. As Anglo Americans moved into the territories of the greater Southwest, they brought with them a desire to reestablish the highest culture of their former homes: opera, painting, sculpture, architecture, and literature. But their inherited culture was altered, challenged, and reshaped by Native American and Hispanic peoples, and a new, vibrant cultural life resulted. From Houston to Los Angeles, from Tulsa to Tucson, Keith L. Bryant traces the development of "high culture" in the Southwest. Humans create culture, but in the Southwest, Bryant argues, the land itself has also influenced that creation. "Incredible light, natural grandeur, . . . and a geography at once beautiful and yet brutal molded societies that sprang from unique cultural sources." The peoples of the American Southwest share a regional consciousness—an experience of place—that has helped to create a unified, but not homogenized, Southwestern culture. Bryant also examines a paradox of Southwestern cultural life. Southwesterners take pride in their cultural distinctiveness, yet they struggled to win recognition for their achievements in "high culture." A dynamic tension between those seeking to re-create a Western European culture and those desiring one based on regional themes and resources continues to stimulate creativity. Decade by decade and city by city, Bryant charts the growth of cultural institutions and patronage as he describes the contributions of artists and performers and of the elites who support them. Bryant focuses on the significant role women played as leaders in the formation of cultural institutions and as writers, artists, and musicians. The text is enhanced by more than fifty photographs depicting the interplay between the people and the land and the culture that has resulted.
THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST : ITS PEOPLE AND CULTURES
Author: Lynn I. PerrigoThe American Southwest
Author: Lynn Irwin PerrigoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The Culture of Tourism, the Tourism of Culture
Author: William P. Clements Center for Southwest StudiesPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826329288
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Southwest has long been an American dreamscape, and inherently this has had its affect on the land and its people. Among other topics discussed in the package of essays is how the area is transformed by tourism and how native people gain autonomy by presenting their experiences and cultures to tourists.
The American Southwest Resource Book: The people and the culture
Author: Jane KurtzPublisher:
ISBN: 9781571680655
Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides information and suggests resources and activities for understanding all aspects of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, and for seeing these states as a distinct region.
The People
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Introduction to the Native peoples of the American Southwest.
Native Peoples of the Southwest
Author: Trudy Griffin-PiercePublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826319081
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to the historic and contemporary indigenous cultures of the American Southwest, intended for college courses and the general reader.
The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southwest
Author: Trudy Griffin-PiercePublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231520107
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A major work on the history and culture of Southwest Indians, The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southwest tells a remarkable story of cultural continuity in the face of migration, displacement, violence, and loss. The Native peoples of the American Southwest are a unique group, for while the arrival of Europeans forced many Native Americans to leave their land behind, those who lived in the Southwest held their ground. Many still reside in their ancestral homes, and their oral histories, social practices, and material artifacts provide revelatory insight into the history of the region and the country as a whole. Trudy Griffin-Pierce incorporates her lifelong passion for the people of the Southwest, especially the Navajo, into an absorbing narrative of pre- and postcontact Native experiences. She finds that, even though the policies of the U.S. government were meant to promote assimilation, Native peoples formed their own response to outside pressures, choosing to adapt rather than submit to external change. Griffin-Pierce provides a chronology of instances that have shaped present-day conditions in the region, as well as an extensive glossary of significant people, places, and events. Setting a precedent for ethical scholarship, she describes different methods for researching the Southwest and cites sources for further archaeological and comparative study. Completing the volume is a selection of key primary documents, literary works, films, Internet resources, and contact information for each Native community, enabling a more thorough investigation into specific tribes and nations. The Columbia Guides to American Indian History and Culture also include: The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Great Plains Loretta Fowler The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast Kathleen J. Bragdon The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southeast Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green
Plant Geography and Culture History in the American Southwest
Author: George Francis CarterPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258307509
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description