Worldviews and the American West : : the life of the place itself / / edited by Polly Stewart ... [et al.].
A diverse group of writers and scholars follow the lead of noted folklorist Barre Toelken and consider, from the inside, the ways in which varied cultures in the American West understand and express their relations to the world around them. As Barre Toelken puts it in The Dynamics of Folklore, &...
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| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (257 pages):; illustrations |
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| Summary: | A diverse group of writers and scholars follow the lead of noted folklorist Barre Toelken and consider, from the inside, the ways in which varied cultures in the American West understand and express their relations to the world around them. As Barre Toelken puts it in The Dynamics of Folklore, ""'Worldview' refers to the manner in which a culture sees and expresses its relation to the world around it."" In Worldviews and the American West, seventeen notable authors and scholars, employing diverse approaches and styles, apply Toelken's ideas about worldview to the American West. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-252). |
| ISBN: | 1283266849 9786613266842 0874214564 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Polly Stewart ... [et al.]. |