Fostering Fantasy
Imagining the Frontier
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15801546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Crystal Forrest (Western University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The University of Western Ontario Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2561-7818 • E-ISSN: 2561-7818 |
| Publisher | University of Western Ontario, Western Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5206/uwoja.v12i1.8835 |
| OpenAlex | W118834696 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
What do we mean when we invoke the idea of "frontier"? If our information is drawn from the popular media, perhaps what comes to mind is the narration at the beginning of each Star Trek episode: "Space: the final frontier." We might also begin with images of Cowboys and Indians duking it out in the American West -battles waged between civilization and barbarism in the tumultuous settlement of the
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Fantasy · Frontier · Literature · American Environmental and Regional History · American Literature and Culture · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · History
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2016 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |