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Author Marling, Karal Ann

Title Colossus of Roads : Myth and Symbol along the American Highway
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (153 pages)
Contents Preface; TALL TALES, TRADEMARKS, AND THE GREAT GATSBY: Midwestern Space Defined; THE HOAX, THE AD, AND THE FRONTIER: Mythological Giants Arise to Fill the Vastness of the American West; ANXIETY, NOSTALGIA, AND WORLD'S FAIRS: Colossi Mark the Borders of a Modern America; FRONTIERS, HIGHWAYS, AND MINIATURE GOLF: The Tourist Becomes a Roadside Colossus; THE GREAT AMERICAN ROADSIDE: Tourist Sculpture in Minnesota; POSTCARDS, SOUVENIRS, AND COME-ONS: Wayside Giants Sell the American Dream; SCALE, PATRIOTISM, AND FUN: Crossing the Last Frontier of Fantasy
NICK CARRAWAY, PAUL BUNYAN, AND BABE, THE BLUE OX: Why Gatsby is ""Great""Notes; Minnesota Colossi; Other Colossi; Photo Album
Summary A rich and lively examination of this curious and pervasive tradition. Karal Ann Marling visits dozens of roadside attractions, viewing them analytically, intellectually, and enthusiastically, tracing each one through folklore and literature. Heavily illustrated, this book takes the reader on the road to examine these treasures and all that they represent
Bibliography Includes ibliography: pages 103-126
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Subject Folk art -- United States -- Psychological aspects
Symbolism in art.
Folklore -- United States -- Themes, motives
Popular culture -- United States -- Psychological aspects
Folk art -- Psychological aspects
Folklore -- Classification
Popular culture -- Psychological aspects
Symbolism in art
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Harrison, Liz
White, Bruce
ISBN 9780816692064
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