Redrawing Boundaries: Perspectives on Western American Art

*Thoughtful essays on the status of western American art* Memorial to a passing era? Mistress to history? Illustration of popular legend? Where is the art in traditional narrative western art? Is it kitsch or *Kunst*? In this volume, seven distinguished specialists on art and popular culture-Brian W. Dippie, Erika Doss, Peter H. Hassrick, Patricia Limerick, Angela Miller, Martha A. Sandweiss, and William H. Truettner-survey the terrain of western art in the twenty-first century, tracing and refining its boundaries in the areas of aesthetics and national identity. Their sharp-eyed observations support a newly emerging history of western art that places it in a social, psychological, and political-as well as aesthetic-context. The result is a refreshing, vigorous, and substantial contribution to American art history.