Culture in the American Southwest : the earth, the sky, the people

394 Pages·2001·32.366 MB·English

by  Bryant, Keith L

culture
in the
american
southwest
Number Twelve
tarleton state university
SouthwesternStudiesintheHumanities

c u lt u re
in the
a m e ri c a n
s o u t h west
The Earth, the Sky, the People
keith l. bryant, jr.
Texas A&M University Press
College Station
Copyright(cid:2)2001byKeithL.Bryant,Jr.
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Portionsofchapters6and8werepreviouslypublished:
CopyrightbytheWesternHistoryAssociation.Reprintedbypermission.
“RomanTemples,GlassBoxes,andBabylonianDeco:ArtMuseumArchitecture
andtheCulturalMaturationoftheSouthwest,”WesternHistoricalQuarterly
(February,1991):45–71.
ReprintedbypermissionofGreatPlainsQuarterly,
“TheArtMuseumasPersonalStatement:
TheSouthwesternExperience,”9,no.2
(spring,1989):100–117.
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Bryant,KeithL.,1937–
CultureintheAmericanSouthwest:theearth,thesky,thepeople/KeithL.Bryant,Jr.
p.cm.—(TarletonStateUniversitysouthwesternstudiesinthehumanities;no.12)
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN 978-0-89096-948-9 (cloth) ; ISBN 978-1-62349-207-6 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-1-62349-208-3 (ebook)
1. Indians of North America—Cultural assimilation—Southwest, New. 2. Indians of
North America—Southwest, New—Social life and customs. 3. Whites—Southwest, New—
Social life and customs. 4. Southwest, New—Cultural policy. 5. Southwest, New—Social
life and customs. I. Title. II. Series.
E78.S7 B78 2000
306′.0979—dc21
00-044317
Cover and frontispiece photograph of Taos painter Victor Higgins courtesy of
the Museum of New Mexico, Negative 40394
For
Jennifer and Craig and
in memory of “Bob”
TheycameofageintheSouthwest.

contents
List of Illustrations, ix
Acknowledgments, xi
Introduction, 3
Chapter 1. Cultures and Conquests, 13
Chapter 2. The Importation of Anglo Culture, 1850–1900, 32
Chapter 3. Cities and Culture, 1900–1920, 67
Chapter 4. A Regional Culture Is Formulated, 1920–1940, 112
Chapter 5. Nationalization of a Regional Culture, 1940–1960, 169
Chapter 6. Institutional Culture/Creating Icons, 1960–1980, 214
Chapter 7. A Renaissance with Many Voices, 1960–1980, 246
Chapter 8. The Exportation of a Regional Culture, 1980–1995, 277
Notes, 309
Selected Bibliography, 359
Index, 367

illustrations
1.CasaGrande,15
2.MesaVerde,17
3.Decoratedpipebag,18
4.TaosPueblo,19
5.Missionchurch,SalinasNationalMonument,NewMexico,22
6.MissionSanXavierdelBac,Arizona,23
7.MissionSanJosedeTumacacori,24
8.ChurchatRanchosdeTaos,NewMexico,25
9.PotterMar´ıaMartinez,28
10.BradburyBuilding,LosAngeles,45
11.“FourHorsemenoftheEucalypts,”59
12.MaryHunterAustin,60
13.GambleHouse,Pasadena,California,74
14.WalterDodgeHouse,LosAngeles,83
15.“Prairiestyle”house,84
16.MillsBuilding,ElPaso,86
17.ThePrimitiveSculptor,byE.I.Couse,91
18.InCattleCountry,byHerbert“Buck”Dunton,93
19.HuntingtonLibrary,SanMarino,California,99
20.WillaCatheratMesaVerde,1915,103
21.DowntownPhoenixskyscrapers,115
22.LawyersTitleBuilding,Albuquerque,117
23.TaliesinWest,Arizona,119
24.BostonAvenueMethodistChurch,Tulsa,120
25.CanonSynchromy(Orange),byStantonMacdonald-Wright,128
26.OscarB.JacobsonandKiowaartists,1929,129
27.MabelDodgeLuhanandTonyLuhan,132
28.D.H.Lawrence,FriedaLawrence,andWitterBynner,134
29.AliceCorbinHendersonandWilliamPenhallowHenderson,136
30.VictorHiggins,158
31.ErosionNo.2:MotherEarthLaidBare,byAlexandreHogue,164
32.LynnRiggs,166