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Informationen zum Autor Nathaniel Lewis is a professor of English at Saint Michael’s College. He is the coeditor of True West: Authenticity and the American West (Nebraska, 2004) and the author of Unsettling the Literary West: Authenticity and Authorship(Nebraska, 2003). Stephen Tatum is a professor of English at the University of Utah. He is the author of In the Remington Moment (Nebraska, 2010) and the coeditor of Reading “The Virginian” in the New West (Nebraska, 2003). Klappentext Nathaniel Lewis is a professor of English at Saint Michael’s College. He is the coeditor of True West: Authenticity and the American West (Nebraska, 2004) and the author of Unsettling the Literary West: Authenticity and¿Authorship(Nebraska, 2003). Stephen Tatum is a professor of English at the University of Utah. He is the author of¿In the Remington Moment¿(Nebraska, 2010) and the coeditor of¿Reading "The Virginian" in the New West (Nebraska, 2003). ¿ Zusammenfassung Considers Las Vegas and the problem of regional identity in the American West through a case study of a single episode of the crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Delving deep into the interwoven events of the episode titled ""4 x 4""! but resisting a linear! logical case-study approach! the authors draw connections between the city and the violent! uncanny mysteries of a crime scene. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Morning in Las Vegas 1. The Problem of the Past: The Case of the Stolen Hummer 2. The Problem of Space and Place: The Case of the Dead Convention Model 3. The Problem of Aesthetics: The Case of the Dead Bodybuilder 4. The Problem of the [Uncanny] West: The Case of the Abandoned Dead Boy Conclusion: Nighthawks in Las Vegas “Just Another Day in Paradise”: An Envoi Source Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
