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CONTENTS List of Illustrations vi Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Theorizing the Rhizomatic West 1 1. Toward an Expanded Critical Regionalism Contact and Interchange 41 2. Feasts of Wire Rubén Martinez and the Transfrontera Contact Zone 75 3. Welcome to Westworld Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West 113 4. “The ‘Western’ in Quotes” Generic Variations 151 5. Dialogical Landscapes “Outsider” Photography of the West 183 6. Strata and Routes Living on Reservation X 229 7. Postwestern Generations? Douglas Coupland’s “Plastic Radiant Way” 269 Conclusion: On “The Crystal Frontier” 299 Notes 325 Index 379 ...

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