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- catalog abstract "In this innovative and exciting synthesis of historical analysis, literary criticism, and personal essay, Dorothee E. Kocks explores the links between place and political ideals in the twentieth century, focusing in particular on the iconography of the American West. Dream a Little explores the American tradition of using the land to reveal and elaborate our dreams for social justice. Writing with a novelist's sensitivity toward language, Kocks explores the idea that Americans have historically looked to the land for answers to society's problems. To illustrate this point, she shows that the frontier state with its homestead program was actually the predecessor of the modern welfare state. Instead of money, the federal government gave away land. Kocks shows how we have "forgotten" the politics and history behind this giveaway and unravels the significance of this forgetting for our national consciousness. In the second half of the book, Kocks journeys into three symbolic landscapes: the West, the family farm, and the small community. She looks at these landscapes through the eyes of writers Mari Sandoz and Josephine Johnson, and civil rights activist Ella Baker. Interweaving her own life experiences in this analysis, she traces the relationship between geography and democracy, and of the hopes we attach to the West.".
- catalog contributor b11850317.
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) Historiography.".
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) In literature.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description "In the second half of the book, Kocks journeys into three symbolic landscapes: the West, the family farm, and the small community. She looks at these landscapes through the eyes of writers Mari Sandoz and Josephine Johnson, and civil rights activist Ella Baker. Interweaving her own life experiences in this analysis, she traces the relationship between geography and democracy, and of the hopes we attach to the West.".
- catalog description "In this innovative and exciting synthesis of historical analysis, literary criticism, and personal essay, Dorothee E. Kocks explores the links between place and political ideals in the twentieth century, focusing in particular on the iconography of the American West. Dream a Little explores the American tradition of using the land to reveal and elaborate our dreams for social justice.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-242) and index.".
- catalog description "Pt. 1. The geographic embrace. A tale of forgetting -- A tale of remembering -- pt. 2. The dance of ideals. The West of words : Mari Sandoz and a politics of memory -- Back to a new "family farm" : Josephine Johnson and a politics of abundance -- Acting locally, thinking globally : Ella Baker and a politics of identifying.".
- catalog description "Writing with a novelist's sensitivity toward language, Kocks explores the idea that Americans have historically looked to the land for answers to society's problems. To illustrate this point, she shows that the frontier state with its homestead program was actually the predecessor of the modern welfare state. Instead of money, the federal government gave away land. Kocks shows how we have "forgotten" the politics and history behind this giveaway and unravels the significance of this forgetting for our national consciousness.".
- catalog extent "xx, 255 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0520202864 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0520222806 (pbk : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) Historiography.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) In literature.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "813/.520932 21".
- catalog subject "American fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American fiction Women authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Baker, Ella, 1903-1986 Political and social views.".
- catalog subject "Johnson, Josephine Winslow, 1910- Political and social views.".
- catalog subject "Landscape West (U.S.) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Landscapes West (U.S.) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Landscapes in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society West (U.S.) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "PS374.L28 K63 2000".
- catalog subject "Sandoz, Mari, 1896-1966 Political and social views.".
- catalog subject "Social justice West (U.S.) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature West (U.S.) History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. 1. The geographic embrace. A tale of forgetting -- A tale of remembering -- pt. 2. The dance of ideals. The West of words : Mari Sandoz and a politics of memory -- Back to a new "family farm" : Josephine Johnson and a politics of abundance -- Acting locally, thinking globally : Ella Baker and a politics of identifying.".
- catalog title "Dream a little : land and social justice in modern America / Dorothee E. Kocks.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".