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Trickster in the land of dreams

Author: Zeese Papanikolas
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1995.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Zeese Papanikolas forges seemingly disparate events and movements in western history - including some of its strangest and most exotic strains - into a coherent whole by examining them against the laughter and wisdom of Shoshonean trickster tales. Seen against these tales, the West becomes both a canvas for the projection of dreams of utopia and the site of their shattered remains. Papanikolas undertakes a dramatic
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Papanikolas, Zeese.
Trickster in the land of dreams.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1995
(OCoLC)607663947
Online version:
Papanikolas, Zeese.
Trickster in the land of dreams.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1995
(OCoLC)624440795
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Zeese Papanikolas
ISBN: 0803237030 9780803237032 0803287542 9780803287549
OCLC Number: 31288447
Description: x, 184 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Dust people --
Tongues of fire, tongues of gold --
Dream mining --
Cowboys, wobblies, and the myth of the west --
The road to Oz --
MX --
News from nowhere --Tailpiece: Coyote's return.
Responsibility: Zeese Papanikolas.
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Abstract:

Zeese Papanikolas forges seemingly disparate events and movements in western history - including some of its strangest and most exotic strains - into a coherent whole by examining them against the laughter and wisdom of Shoshonean trickster tales. Seen against these tales, the West becomes both a canvas for the projection of dreams of utopia and the site of their shattered remains. Papanikolas undertakes a dramatic retelling of Shoshoni creation stories and examines, along with other topics, the mythologies embedded in the "Dream Mine" of Mormon folklore, the heroic images of cowboys and Wobblies, the MX missile, the dark side of Oz, the Las Vegas of tourists, dam builders, and gamblers.

Among those whose visions are played out against the mirage-haunted background of the West are Cabeza de Vaca, Winston Churchill, Big Bill Haywood, and Native American wise man Antelope Jake. It is a testament to the power of Papanikolas's conception that he can weave the themes and topics of each chapter into a book that is both eloquent and intellectually stimulating.

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