The haunt of home : a journey through America's heartland / Zachary Michael Jack.

By:

Jack, Zachary Michael, 1973-

Publisher: Ithaca, New York : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020Copyright date: Description: x, 205 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781501751790
1501751794

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: The haunt of homeDDC classification:

977 23

LOC classification:

F351 .J33 2020

Contents:

Introduction: Middle American Gothic and the Haunt of Home -- Life in Sunnier Climes -- Haunting the House of Memory -- Springtime on the Prairie: A Middle American Gothic -- Blood and Soil -- Pitchforks and Pies -- The Casket-maker's Son -- Death by Mail -- Life and Death in Oz -- Exhuming the Regionalist Body -- Dredge: A Middle American Gothic -- Ghost Players -- Cornfield Cathedrals -- Dovesong: A Middle American Dirge -- Afterword: Life After Death.

Summary: "Blends cultural ethnography and demography with moving personal memoir to consider the ways a region's duende shapes the ethos of a land and its people"-- Provided by publisher.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	F351 .J33 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001461275

Includes bibliographical references.

"Blends cultural ethnography and demography with moving personal memoir to consider the ways a region's duende shapes the ethos of a land and its people"-- Provided by publisher.

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