Culture in the American Southwest
Subtitle: the earth, the sky, the people
By: Keith L. Bryant, Jr.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ;; no. 12
Publisher: Texas A&M University
Published: 2001
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- Southwest, New.; Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Social life and customs.; Whites -- Southwest, New -- Social life and customs.; Southwest, New -- Cultural policy.; Southwest, New -- Social life and customs.
Description: "If the Southwest is known for its distinctive regional culture, it is not only the indigenous influences that make it so. As Anglo Americans moved into the territories of the greater Southwest, they brought with them a desire to reestablish the highest culture of their former homes: opera, painting, sculpture, architecture, and literature. But their inherited culture was altered, challenged, and reshaped by Native American and Hispanic peoples, and a new, vibrant cultural life resulted. From Houston to Los Angeles, from Tulsa to Tucson, Keith L. Bryant traces the development of "high culture" in the Southwest."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-366) and index.