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The invention of the American desert : art, land, and the politics of environment
- Title
- The invention of the American desert : art, land, and the politics of environment / edited by Lyle Massey and James Nisbet.
- Publication
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
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- Description
- viii, 246 pages : illustrations, maps; 27 cm
- Summary
- "Long viewed as a tabula rasa, the deserts of the American West have played a distinct role in the projection of American cultural identities. Historically represented through fantasies of individualism, frontier ruggedness, and land acquisition, the desert is also the site of extreme social and environmental violence. The Invention of the American Desert brings together a wide-ranging group of interdisciplinary essays that explore, through diverse perspectives, dialectical problems posed by an environment that has served as a testing ground for modernist experimentation, military-industrial incursions, and ecological disasters throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In light of the urgent climate crisis and the planet\u0027s increasing desertification, this volume reflects on the nature and legacy of the desert as a crucible for competing visions of land, environment, and art"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / Lyle Massey and James Nisbet -- Desolate dreams / Joseph Masco -- Air, wind, breath, life : desertification and Will Wilson\u0027s AIR (Auto-Immune Response) / Jessica L. Horton -- Notes from bioteknika / Albert Narath -- Troglodyte modernists / Lyle Massey -- Explosive modernism : Hiram Hudson Benedict\u0027s Bouldereign and Zabriskie Point at 50 / Edward Dimendberg -- Point Omega/Omega Point : desert In three parts / Stefanie Sobelle -- The desert in fine grain / Emily Eliza Scott -- The desert as black mythology / Bridget R. Cooks -- On the recalcitrance of the desert island, by way of Andrea Zittel\u0027s A-Z West / James Nisbet -- Four theses for the coming deserts / Hans Baumann and Karen Pinkus.
- ISBN
- 9780520306691
- 0520306694
- LCCN
- 2021001170
- 99989647790
- OCLC
- on1240266116
- 1240266116
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries