{"product_id":"speculative-wests-michael-k-johnson-9781496233509","title":"Speculative Wests: Popular Representations of a Region and Genre","description":"Looking across the cultural landscape of the twenty-first century, its literature, film, television, comic books, and other media, we can see multiple examples of what Shelley S. Rees calls a \"changeling western,\" what others have called \"weird westerns,\" and what Michael K. Johnson refers to as \"speculative westerns\"--that is, hybrid western forms created by merging the western with one or more speculative genres or subgenres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and alternate history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeculative Wests\u003c\/i\u003e investigates both speculative westerns and other speculative texts that feature western settings. Just as \"western\" refers both to a genre and a region, Johnson's narrative involves a study of both genre and place, a study of the \"speculative Wests\" that have begun to emerge in contemporary texts such as the zombie-threatened California of Justina Ireland's \u003ci\u003eDeathless Divide\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), the reimagined future Navajo nation of Rebecca Roanhorse's Sixth World series (2018-19), and the complex temporal and geographic borderlands of Alfredo V饌's time travel novel \u003ci\u003eThe Mexican Flyboy\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). Focusing on literature, film, and television from 2016 to 2020, \u003ci\u003eSpeculative Wests\u003c\/i\u003e creates new visions of the American West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael K. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496233506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496233509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Michael K. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071516045567,"sku":"9781496233509","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e67682b-414d-402e-be80-103abf7e7c67.jpg?v=1685436560","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/speculative-wests-michael-k-johnson-9781496233509","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}