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| Verfasst von: | Francaviglia, Richard V.  |
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| Titel: | Go east, young man |
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| Titelzusatz: | imagining the American West as the Orient |
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| Verf.angabe: | Richard V. Francaviglia |
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| Verlagsort: | Logan |
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| Verlag: | Utah State University Press |
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| Jahr: | 2011 |
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| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (x, 350 pages) |
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| Fussnoten: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-342) and index ; Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
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| ISBN: | 978-0-87421-809-1 |
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| | 0-87421-811-X |
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| | 978-1-283-34145-5 |
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| | 1-283-34145-X |
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| | 0-87421-809-8 |
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| | 978-0-87421-810-7 |
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| | 978-0-87421-811-4 |
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| | 0-87421-810-1 |
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| Abstract: | "Transference of orientalist images and identities to the American landscape and its inhabitants, especially in the West-in other words, portrayal of the West as the 'Orient'--has been a common aspect of American cultural history. Place names, such as the Jordan River or Pyramid Lake, offer notable examples, but the imagery and its varied meanings are more widespread and significant. Understanding that range and significance, especially to the western part of the continent, means coming to terms with the complicated, nuanced ideas of the Orient and of the North American continent that European Americans brought to the West. Such complexity is what historical geographer Richard Francaviglia unravels in this book. Since the publication of Edward Said's book, Orientalism, the term has come to signify something one-dimensionally negative. In essence, the orientalist vision was an ethnocentric characterization of the peoples of Asia (and Africa and the 'Near East') as exotic, primitive 'others' subject to conquest by the nations of Europe. That now well-established point, which expresses a postcolonial perspective, is critical, but Francaviglia suggest that it overlooks much variation and complexity in the views of historical actors and writers, many of whom thought of western places in terms of an idealized and romanticized Orient. It likewise neglects positive images and interpretations to focus on those of a decadent and ostensibly inferior East. We cannot understand well or fully what the pervasive orientalism found in western cultural history meant, says Francaviglia, if we focus only on its role as an intellectual engine for European imperialism. It did play that role as well in the American West. One only need think about characterizations of American Indians as Bedouins of the Plains destined for displacement by a settled frontier. Other roles for orientalism, though, from romantic to commercial ones, were also widely in play. In Go East, Young Man, Francaviglia explores a broad range of orientalist images deployed in the context of European settlement of the American West, and he unfolds their multiple significances"--Provided by publisher |
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| | "Transference of orientalist images and identities to the American landscape and its inhabitants, especially in the West-in other words, portrayal of the West as the 'Orient'--has been a common aspect of American cultural history. Place names, such as the Jordan River or Pyramid Lake, offer notable examples, but the imagery and its varied meanings are more widespread and significant. Understanding that range and significance, especially to the western part of the continent, means coming to terms with the complicated, nuanced ideas of the Orient and of the North American continent that European Americans brought to the West. Such complexity is what historical geographer Richard Francaviglia unravels in this book. Since the publication of Edward Said's book, Orientalism, the term has come to signify something one-dimensionally negative. In essence, the orientalist vision was an ethnocentric characterization of the peoples of Asia (and Africa and the 'Near East') as exotic, primitive 'others' subject to conquest by the nations of Europe. That now well-established point, which expresses a postcolonial perspective, is critical, but Francaviglia suggest that it overlooks much variation and complexity in the views of historical actors and writers, many of whom thought of western places in terms of an idealized and romanticized Orient. It likewise neglects positive images and interpretations to focus on those of a decadent and ostensibly inferior East. We cannot understand well or fully what the pervasive orientalism found in western cultural history meant, says Francaviglia, if we focus only on its role as an intellectual engine for European imperialism. It did play that role as well in the American West. One only need think about characterizations of American Indians as Bedouins of the Plains destined for displacement by a settled frontier. Other roles for orientalism, though, from romantic to commercial ones, were also widely in play. In Go East, Young Man, Francaviglia explores a broad range of orientalist images deployed in the context of European settlement of the American West, and he unfolds their multiple significances"--Provided by publisher |
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| ComputerInfo: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
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| URL: | kostenfrei: Volltext: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt4cgphg |
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| | kostenfrei: Verlag: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt4cgphg |
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| Schlagwörter: | (g)USA / (s)Expansionspolitik / (s)Orientalisierende Literatur |
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| Datenträger: | Online-Ressource |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| (Ort): | [S.l.] |
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| (Verlag): | HathiTrust Digital Library |
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| Bibliogr. Hinweis: | Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Francaviglia, Richard V: Go east, young man. - Logan : Utah State University Press, 2011 |(DLC)2011018997 |
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| Sach-SW: | HISTORY ; United States ; State & Local ; Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) |
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| | HISTORY ; United States ; State & Local ; West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
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| | HISTORY ; Historical Geography |
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| | Civilization |
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| | Civilization ; Asian influences |
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| | East and West |
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| | Orientalism |
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| | Public opinion, American |
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| | Territorial expansion |
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| | Orientalismus |
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| | Orientbild |
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| | Öffentliche Meinung |
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| | Öffentliche Meinung |
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| | Orientbild |
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| | Orientalism ; historia |
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| | Orient |
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| | Asia |
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| | United States |
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| | Weststaaten (USA) |
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| | USA |
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| | West United States |
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| | Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer |
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| | History |
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| K10plus-PPN: | 1008656348 |
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| Lokale URL UB: |  Zum Volltext |
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