David Lynch and the American West
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8208-2 (ISBN)
This collection convenes diverse analyses of David Lynch's newly conceived, dreamlike neo-noir representations of the American West, a first in studies of regionalism and indigeneity in his films. Twelve essays and three interviews address Lynch's image of the American West and its impact on the genre. Fans and scholars of David Lynch's work will find a study of his interpretations of the West as place and myth, spanning from his first feature film, Eraserhead (1977), through the third season of Twin Peaks in 2017. Symbols of the West in Lynch's work can be as obvious as an Odessa, Texas street sign or as subtle as the visual themes rooted in indigenous artistry. Explorations of cowboy masculinity, violence, modern frontier narratives and representations of indigeneity are all included in this collection.
Rob E. King is an associate librarian at Texas Tech University’s Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library and a doctoral student in English at Texas Tech University. He has contributed to 25YL, Blue Rose Magazine, Twin Peaks Unwrapped podcast and published in New American Notes Online and the West Texas Historical Review. Christine Self, Ph.D. has worked in higher education for nearly 20 years. Her research interests include family involvement in higher education, the experiences of women in higher education, women's and gender studies, and sexual violence prevention in higher education. She lives in Lubbock, Texas and serves as the director for Family Outreach and Engagement at Texas Tech University, Parent & Family Relations. Robert G. Weaver is the manuscript archivist within Texas Tech University’s Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, where he coordinates making both physical and digital archival collections available. He served as editor of the West Texas Historical Review for the West Texas Historical Association.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword: A Long Way from the World: David Lynch and the American West
John Thorne
Introduction
Rob E. King, Christine Self and Robert G. Weaver
Part I: Regionalism
Considering Regionalism in the Films of David Lynch: An Interview with Andréas Halskov
Rob E. King
“To the hellhole it is now”: The Pastoral and Industrialization in Eraserhead
Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
Watch and Listen to the Dream of Time and Space: Historiography, Geography and Twin Peaks
Rebecca Heimel
The Wood for the Trees: Regional and Anthropocene Signals in the Pacific Northwest Forests of Twin Peaks
Andy Hageman
Dark Americana: Identity, Frontiers and Heterotopias in David Lynch’s Dreams
Marko Lukić
Part II: Indigeneity and Representation
A Discussion on the Treatment of Indigeneity in Twin Peaks: An Interview with Geoff
Rob E. King
“It has something to do with your heritage”: Indigenous Arts in Twin Peaks
David Titterington
“Very old, but always current”: Indigenous Geographies in Twin Peaks
Garrett Wayne Wright
“I am the FBI”: American Identity in Twin Peaks
Molly O’Gorman
Part III: Road Narrative and Genre
Thoughts on the American Southwest in Film and Television: An Interview with Monica Montelongo Flores
Rob E. King
Once Upon a Time in Rancho Rosa: Reading Twin Peaks Season 3 as a Neo-Western
Franck Boulègue and Marisa C. Hayes
I’m Going West, Diane: Masculinity and the Cowboy Archetype in the Works of David Lynch
Andrew T. Burt
David Lynch’s Desert Frontier: Road Movie, Desert Horror and Western Liminality
Thomas Britt
The Western Road as Metaphor for American Instability in David Lynch’s Lost Highway
Mark Henderson
Re-Imagined West in the L.A. Trilogy: A Heritage of California Fiction and American Trauma
Rob E. King
Appendix: Character and Actor Guide for David Lynch Films in This Collection
About the Contributors
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 31.08.2022 |
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Zusatzinfo | appendix, notes, bibliography, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 290 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4766-8208-9 / 1476682089 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-8208-2 / 9781476682082 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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