Fast food, stock cars, and rock 'n' roll : place and space in American pop culture

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Fast food, stock cars, and rock 'n' roll : place and space in American pop culture

edited by George O. Carney

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c1995

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780847680795

Description

The only anthology of its kind, this collection brings together classic and recent essays by thirteen leading geographers exploring American popular culture. The essays examine music, food, sports, politics, architecture, clothing, and religion within the context of five themes of cultural geography: region, diffusions, ecology, integration, and landscape. A list of suggested readings follows each section. Fast Food, Stock Cars, and Rock-n-Roll is an excellent text for introductory courses, appealing to students through its discussion of such topics as 'grunge' rock, fast food, and blue jeans.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Music: Region, Agency, and Popular Music - the Northwest Sound, 1958-1966, Warren Gill
  • Branson - the New Mecca of Country Music, George O. Carney. Part 2 Clothing and Adornment: All Part of the Act - a Hundred Years of Costume in Anglo-American Popular Music, Albert LeBlanc
  • American Denim - Blue Jeans and Their Multiple Layers of Meaning, Beverly Gordon. Part 3 Food: Roadside Restaurants and Place-Product-Packaging, John A. Jakle
  • The Burger Kingdom - Growth and Diffusion of McDonald's Restaurants in the United States, 1958-1978, Lawrence Carstensen. Part 4 Religion: Viewing the Bible Belt, Stephen W. Tweedie
  • Changing Religious Landscapes in Los Angeles, Barbara Weightman. Part 5 Architecture: Motel by the Roadside - America's Room for the Night, John A. Jakle
  • Art Deco Architecture in Miami Beach, James R. Curtis. Part 6 Politics: The Changing Face of Nationalism in the American Landscape, Wilbur Zelinsky
  • Tex-map Mania - the Outline of Texas as a Popular Symbol, Richard Francaviglia. Part 7 Sports: Carolina Thunder - a Geography of Southern Stock Car Racing, Richard Pillsbury
  • A Mythology at the Brink - Stock Car Racing in the American South
  • American Golf Courses - a Regional Analysis of Supply, Robert L. Adams and John F. Rooney, Jr.
  • The Golf Construction Boom 1987-1993, John F. Rooney, Jr.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780847680801

Description

The only anthology of its kind, this collection brings together classic and recent essays by thirteen leading geographers exploring American popular culture. The essays examine music, food, sports, politics, architecture, clothing, and religion within the context of five themes of cultural geography: region, diffusions, ecology, integration, and landscape. A list of suggested readings follows each section.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Music: Region, Agency, and Popular Music - the Northwest Sound, 1958-1966, Warren Gill
  • Branson - the New Mecca of Country Music, George O. Carney. Part 2 Clothing and Adornment: All Part of the Act - a Hundred Years of Costume in Anglo-American Popular Music, Albert LeBlanc
  • American Denim - Blue Jeans and Their Multiple Layers of Meaning, Beverly Gordon. Part 3 Food: Roadside Restaurants and Place-Product-Packaging, John A. Jakle
  • The Burger Kingdom - Growth and Diffusion of McDonald's Restaurants in the United States, 1958-1978, Lawrence Carstensen. Part 4 Religion: Viewing the Bible Belt, Stephen W. Tweedie
  • Changing Religious Landscapes in Los Angeles, Barbara Weightman. Part 5 Architecture: Motel by the Roadside - America's Room for the Night, John A. Jakle
  • Art Deco Architecture in Miami Beach, James R. Curtis. Part 6 Politics: The Changing Face of Nationalism in the American Landscape, Wilbur Zelinsky
  • Tex-map Mania - the Outline of Texas as a Popular Symbol, Richard Francaviglia. Part 7 Sports: Carolina Thunder - a Geography of Southern Stock Car Racing, Richard Pillsbury
  • A Mythology at the Brink - Stock Car Racing in the American South
  • American Golf Courses - a Regional Analysis of Supply, Robert L. Adams and John F. Rooney, Jr.
  • The Golf Construction Boom 1987-1993, John F. Rooney, Jr.

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