Western Attractions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10322783 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger L Nichols (The author is a member of the history department at the University of Arizona.This was his presidential address at the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch,AHA,in San Jose,California,in August 2004., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Publication date | 2005-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-8684 • E-ISSN: 1533-8584 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/phr.2005.74.1.1 |
| OpenAlex | W4251181596 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
North America,and in particular the United States, has fascinated Europeans as the place of the "exotic other " for at least the last two centuries. This article surveys American and European art, novels,radio programs, Western films, and television Westerns from the 1820s to the present. It posits that the presence of Indians, fictional Western heroes,gunmen,and a perceived general level of violence made frontier and Western America more colorful and exciting than similar circumstances and native people in other parts of the world. This resulted in a continuing interest in the fictional aspect of the American frontier and Western historical experiences
American west · Archaeology · Ethnology · Frontier · Genealogy · Geography · Native american · Western europe · American History and Culture · Australian History and Society · History · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2021 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |