Trickster in the Land of Dreams Papanikolas Paperback John Wiley & Sons

Trickster in the Land of DreamsAuthor(s): Zeese Papanikolas\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9780803287549, 978-0803287549\nSynopsis\nZeese Papanikolas forges seemingly disparate events and movements in western historyincluding some of its strangest and most exotic strainsinto 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 utopian dreams and the site of their shattered [url] 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, and the Las Vegas of tourists, dam builders, and [url] those whose visions are played out against the mirage-haunted background of the West are Cabeza d.