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Playa Works: The Myth of the Empty, , Fox, William L., Excellent, 1/15/2024 12:0
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- 9781647791537
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
ISBN-10
1647791537
ISBN-13
9781647791537
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5063201007
Product Key Features
Book Title
Playa Works : the Myth of the Empty
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Popular Culture, Essays
Genre
Nature, Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Fox's prose was lovely to read, clean and delicate, his paragraphs well-balanced with information and narrative. He has a rare sensitivity to beauty, meaning, and language. His approach is soulful, his thinking solid and expansive, as hard and wide as the desert floor." -- Elizabeth White , Southwestern American Literature, "If we are to increasingly inhabit the deserts of the world, we must better understand them, author William L. Fox argues. Fox takes readers on a literary odyssey that integrates scholarship and personal narrative in a rich exploration of the natural and unnatural histories of dry lakes. Fox is a master of writing technical information in a manner that makes matters clear and engaging for a non-technical reader in Playa Works: The Myth of the Empty . Fox tours the playas of California, Nevada, and Utah with artists and scientists, military personnel and defense contractors, piecing together the story of how we perceive the intimidating blank pages of the desert and inscribe our culture upon them." -- Encore: Sierra Arts Monthly , November 2002, "William L. Fox's new book is the most extraordinary and complex book yet written about the Big Empty, its myth and reality, and the works of art that it has spawned, full of the ironies of history and mysterious draw of its landscape. A playa lover's dream, a dreamer's vision in words, sculpture, and photographs, underlaid by fine scholarship and exuberance. All in all, a superb book that belongs in the library of everyone who loves the dry spans of the West." -- Ann Zwinger , author of The Mysterious Lands: A Naturalist Explores the Four Great Deserts of the Southwest
Grade From
Ninth Grade
Dewey Decimal
979
Table Of Content
The Myth of the Empty An Introduction, 1 A Tour of the Playa, Part I The Mojave, 21 A Tour of the Playa, Part II The Nevada Test Site, 51 A Tour of the Playa, Part III Wendover,77 A Tour of the Playa, Coda Owens Dry Lake, 113 Painting the Playa Smoke Creek Desert, 125 Burning Man Black Rock Desert, 161 Rediscovery An Afterword, 193 Sources, 209
Synopsis
In eight brilliant essays, Fox explores many of the major playas of the American West , examining locations as diverse as Nellis Air Force Base and Frenchman Flat, where the federal government has tested experimental aircraft and atomic weaponry; the Great Salt Lake Desert, where land-speed records have been broken; and the Black Rock Desert of Northern Nevada, site of the colorful Burning Man arts festival. He analyzes the geological and climatological conditions that created the playas and the historical role that playas played in the exploration and settlement of the West. And he offers lucid and keenly perceptive discussions of the ways that artists have responded to the playas, from the ancient makers of geoglyphs to the work of contemporary artists who have found inspiration in these enigmatic spaces, including earthworks builder Michael Heizer, photographer Richard Misrach, and painter Michael Moore. The ensemble is a compelling combination of natural history, philosophy, and art criticism, a thoughtful meditation on humankind's aversion to and fascination with the void., In eight brilliant essays, Fox explores many of the major playas of the American West, examining locations as diverse as Nellis Air Force Base and Frenchman Flat; the Great Salt Lake Desert; and the Black Rock Desert of Northern Nevada. The result is a compelling combination of natural history, philosophy, and art criticism., In eight brilliant essays, Fox explores many of the major playas of the American West, examining locations as diverse as Nellis Air Force Base and Frenchman Flat, where the federal government has tested experimental aircraft and atomic weaponry; the Great Salt Lake Desert, where land-speed records have been broken; and the Black Rock Desert of Northern Nevada, site of the colorful Burning Man arts festival. He analyzes the geological and climatological conditions that created the playas and the historical role that playas played in the exploration and settlement of the West. And he offers lucid and keenly perceptive discussions of the ways that artists have responded to the playas, from the ancient makers of geoglyphs to the work of contemporary artists who have found inspiration in these enigmatic spaces, including earthworks builder Michael Heizer, photographer Richard Misrach, and painter Michael Moore. The ensemble is a compelling combination of natural history, philosophy, and art criticism, a thoughtful meditation on humankind's aversion to and fascination with the void.
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