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Chanel

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does anyone know any artists, films, or books that strongly capture the idea/look/and feelings of the american southwest?  Past and present.  I can think of Georgia O'Keefe- but that's about it.  It's for some research I'm trying to do.  Thanks!!

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Kate Spade

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What kind of Southwest feeling are you looking for?  When you say Southwest I'm thinking Arizona, New Mexico, etc...

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Writers of Westerns:
Zane Grey
Larry McMurtry writes a lot about West Texas -- he has some movies, too


Native American writers:
N. Scott Momaday
Simon Ortiz
Luci Tapahanso


Modern Southwestern writers:
Rudolfo Anaya
Edward Abbey
Barbara Kingsolver, to some extent
Terry McMillan, to some extent



-- Edited by halleybird at 20:38, 2006-12-13

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Marc Jacobs

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Does it have to be representation art? Richard Diebenkorn is associated with California but he studied in New Mexico for a while and did a series of Albuquerque paintings.

Not sure how deeply you want to delve into this but there are transcripts of a Diebenkorn oral history online in which he talks about his time there.

Ansel Adams photographed the southwest a lot.

As for novels, a number of Willa Cather's books take place at least partially in the southwest. Death Comes for the Archbishop and The Professor's House come to mind.

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Kate Spade

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Raising Arizona? I know you might think I'm joking, but I think it does a good job in showing the landscape, etc.

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