Susan Kollin: 2 books
Nature's State
Imagining Alaska as the Last Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
An engaging blend of environmental theory and literary studies, Nature's State looks behind the myth of Alaska as America's "last frontier," a pristine and wild place on the fringes of our geographical imagination. Susan Kollin traces how this seemingly marginal space in American culture has in fact...
Captivating Westerns
The Middle East in the American West
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Tracing the transnational influences of what has been known as a uniquely American genre, “the Western,” Susan Kollin’s Captivating Westerns analyzes key moments in the history of multicultural encounters between the Middle East and the American West. In particular, the book examines how experiences...