The Meaning of Moving Sand. Towards a Dust Bowl Mythology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12988843 |
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| Authors | Frank Uekötter (0000-0002-3885-7769, Green Chemistry, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 349-379 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1973-3739 • E-ISSN: 2053-7352 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3197/ge.2015.080205 |
| OpenAlex | W2329488585 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This article sketches the outlines of a Dust Bowl mythology as a necessary precondition for future engagement with the event. It analyses the wide array of narratives that have come forth since the 1930s and makes a point of highlighting their connection to worldviews and interests. In addition to written narratives, the article includes images, social practices, and institutional traditions such as the soil conservation bureaucracy as a part of the legacy of cultural memories. It seeks to show how different groups and generations have interpreted the Dust Bowl in widely divergent ways and provides outlines of a new Dust Bowl historiography that brings grand narratives into a dialogue with experiences on the ground
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Bureaucracy · Epistemology · Event (particle physics · Historiography · Literature · Meaning (existential · Mythology · Narrative · Point (geometry · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Environmental and Regional History · Archaeological Research and Protection · History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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