Author: David A. Phillips (Jr.)
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A collection of essays on ancient Indian culture in the Southwest includes tributes to pre-Columbian studies scholar Dr. Robert C. Euler.
Culture and Environment in the American Southwest
Author: David A. Phillips (Jr.)
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A collection of essays on ancient Indian culture in the Southwest includes tributes to pre-Columbian studies scholar Dr. Robert C. Euler.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A collection of essays on ancient Indian culture in the Southwest includes tributes to pre-Columbian studies scholar Dr. Robert C. Euler.
Plant Geography and Culture History in the American Southwest
Author: George Francis Carter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Culture in the American Southwest
Author: Keith L. Bryant
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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
Author: Lynn Irwin Perrigo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The American Southwest
Author: Lynn Irwin Perrigo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Discovering Past Behavior
Author: Paul Grebinger
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780677160801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
First Published in 1978. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780677160801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
First Published in 1978. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST : ITS PEOPLE AND CULTURES
Author: Lynn I. Perrigo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest
Author: Joseph A. Tainter
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429961138
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This book explores how and why prehistoric Southwestern societies changed in complexity, and offers important new perspectives on evolution of culture. It discusses the factors that made prehistoric Southwesterners vulnerable to an arid environment, and their strategies to lessen risk and stress.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429961138
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This book explores how and why prehistoric Southwestern societies changed in complexity, and offers important new perspectives on evolution of culture. It discusses the factors that made prehistoric Southwesterners vulnerable to an arid environment, and their strategies to lessen risk and stress.
The Southwest in American Literature and Art
Author: David Warfield Teague
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816517848
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
By analyzing ways in which indigenous cultures described the American Southwest, David Teague persuasively argues against the destructive approach that Americans currently take to the region. Included are Native American legends and Spanish and Hispanic literature. As he traces ideas about the desert, Teague shows how literature and art represent the Southwest as a place to be sustained rather than transformed. 14 illustrations.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816517848
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
By analyzing ways in which indigenous cultures described the American Southwest, David Teague persuasively argues against the destructive approach that Americans currently take to the region. Included are Native American legends and Spanish and Hispanic literature. As he traces ideas about the desert, Teague shows how literature and art represent the Southwest as a place to be sustained rather than transformed. 14 illustrations.
The Culture of Tourism, the Tourism of Culture
Author: William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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.