Main entry:

Marling, Karal Ann.

Title & Author:

The colossus of roads : myth and symbol along the American highway / Karal Ann Marling ; with an album of Minnesota photographs by Liz Harrison and additional photography by Bruce White.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1984.

Description:

xii, 140 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-126).
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 -- Map -- Index -- Other colossi -- Index -- Photo album.

ISBN:

0816613028
9780816613021
0816613036 (pbk.)
9780816613038 (pbk.)

Subject:

Folk art United States Psychological aspects.
Popular culture United States Psychological aspects.
Symbolism in art.
Symbolism in folklore United States Classification.
Folk art Minnesota.
Art populaire États-Unis Aspect psychologique.
Culture populaire États-Unis Aspect psychologique.
Symbolisme dans l'art.
Symbolisme dans le folklore États-Unis Classification.
Art populaire Minnesota.
Folk art
Folk art Psychological aspects
Popular culture Psychological aspects
Symbolism in folklore
Denkmal
Volkskultur
Minnesota
United States
USA
Symbolism in art United States

Form/genre:

Classification
Folklore United States Classification.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 79683
Call No.: ID:85-B10174
Status: Available