State of Minds. Texas Culture & its Discontents.

Graham, Don.

ISBN 10: 029272361X ISBN 13: 9780292723610

Published by University Of Texas Press, Austin., 2011

Language: English

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A First Edition in hardcover signed by the author, Don Graham, on the title page. Signed only - no other names, writing, or marks. The author brings together and updates essays he published between 1999 and 2000 in TEXAS MONTHLY MAGAZINE to paint a unique, critical picture of Texas culture by critiquing Texas writers (Dobie, McMurtry, McCarthy, and others) and films (Lonesome Dove, Giant, Brokeback Mtn. , Giant and others) . 183 pages, bibliography, credits. Dust jacket and book are in Fine, as new, condition.; Standard Book Size.; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 123738

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Title: State of Minds. Texas Culture & its ...

Publisher: University Of Texas Press, Austin.

Publication Date: 2011

Binding: hardcover with dustjacket

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.

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John Steinbeck once famously wrote that "Texas is a state of mind." For those who know it well, however, the Lone Star State is more than one mind-set, more than a collection of clich�s, more than a static stereotype. There are minds in Texas, Don Graham asserts, and some of the most important are the writers and filmmakers whose words and images have helped define the state to the nation, the world, and the people of Texas themselves. For many years, Graham has been critiquing Texas writers and films in the pages of Texas Monthly and other publications. In State of Minds, he brings together and updates essays he published between 1999 and 2009 to paint a unique, critical picture of Texas culture.

In a strong personal voice—wry, humorous, and ironic—Graham offers his take on Texas literary giants ranging from J. Frank Dobie to Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy and on films such as The Alamo, The Last Picture Show, and Brokeback Mountain. He locates the works he discusses in relation to time and place, showing how they sprang (or not) from the soil of Texas and thereby helped to define Texas culture for generations of readers and viewers—including his own younger self growing up on a farm in Collin County. Never shying from controversy and never dull, Graham's essays in State of Minds demolish the notion that "Texas culture" is an oxymoron.

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Don Graham was J. Frank Dobie Regents Professor of American and English Literature at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught the famous course "Life and Literature of the Southwest." Graham wrote extensively on Southwestern American literature, film, and history. His books include Cowboys and Cadillacs: How Hollywood Looks at Texas, No Name on the Bullet: A Biography of Audie Murphy, Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire, and State Fare: An Irreverent Guide to Texas Movies. Graham was also a past president of the Texas Institute of Letters and a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly.

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