Epiphany in the Wilderness: Hunting, Nature, and Performance in the Nineteenth-Century American West

Synopsis

Stories Of Grand Adventure And Hunting Loomed Large In The Material And The Imagined Landscape Of The Nineteenth-century West. Jones Explores Social, Political, Economic, And Environmental Dynamics Of Hunting Using Performance As Trail Guide And Production Of A 'cultural Ecology Of The Chase' In Art And Taxidermy-- Introduction : The West, Storytelling Animals, And The Hunt As Performance -- Act 1: Actors And Agents : The Cultural Ecology Of Hunter's Paradise. Masculinity, The 'strenuous Life', And The Genealogy Of The Hunter Hero -- The Voice Of The Winchester And The Martial Culture Of The Hunt -- Lady Adventurers And Crack Shots : Hunter Heroines In The Nineteenth-century American West -- Act 2:'the After Life' Of The Hunt : Story, Image And Trophy. Landscapes Of Testimony : Performing The Game Trail In Literature, Art, And Photography -- Staging The Game Trail : The Theatrical Wild -- The Soul In The Skin : Taxidermy And The Reanimated -- Act 3: Saving The Hunting Frontier . Conservation, Wild Things, And The End Of The Hunting Trail -- Heretical Visions And Hunter's Paradise Redux -- Preservation And Performance : An Afterword To The After-life. Karen R. Jones. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.