Reading List: Geography 290-Geography of Popular Culture
Subject to Change
S Day Date Assignment Link
1 Fri. 6-Sep  Introduction
2 Mon. 9-Sep Text- Carney: Introduction (pp.1-15) Carney (intro)
Carlson, Alvar W.  1978.  The Contributions of Cultural Geographers to the Study of Popular Culture.  Journal of Popular Culture. 11:830-831
3 Wed. 11-Sep Ford, Larry.  1971.  Geographic Factors in the Origin, Evolution and Diffusion of Rock and Roll Music.  Journal of Geography Ford (1971)
4 Fri. 13-Sep Text- Gill: Northwest Sound (pp. 17-43) Gill
5 Mon. 16-Sep Text- Carney: Branson (pp. 43-59) Carney (Branson)
6 Wed. 18-Sep Hathaway, Jim.  1986. A History of the American Drinking Place.  Landscape. 29.  1-9. Hathaway
7 Fri. 20-Sep Goss, John.  1993.  The Magic of the Mall. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.  83:1.  18-47. Goss
8 Mon. 23-Sep Graff, Thomas O.  1998. Wal-Mart…  Professional Geographer.  50:1.  46-57. Graff
9 Wed. 25-Sep Webster, Gerald R. and Roberta H. Webster.  1994.  The Power of an Icon.  The Geographical Review.  84:2.  131-143. Webster and Webster
10 Fri. 27-Sep TBA: Dr. Graves to Faculty Development Program  
11 Mon. 30-Sep Text-Tweedie: Bible Belt  (pp.133-147) Tweedie
12 Wed. 2-Oct Text-Francaviglia: Texas (pp. 217-255) Francaviglia
13 Fri. 4-Oct Text-Weightman: Religious Landscape of LA  (pp. 147-167) Weightman
14 Mon. 7-Oct Text- Pillsbury: Stock Car Racing (2)  (pp. 229-249) Pillsbury (both) 
15 Wed. 9-Oct Text- Rooney: Golf (2)  (pp. 249-274) Rooney (both)
16 Fri. 11-Oct McConnell, Harold.  1992.  Where they come from Revisited: Division I-A Football Player Production, 1988.  Sports Place.  6:3.  36-46. McConnell (1992)
  McConnell and Shelley-1993
17 Mon. 14-Oct Dr. Graves to Los Angeles    
Video: In Whose Honor: Click to the right to access quiz (do after video)
Honor
18 Wed. 16-Oct Text- Jakle: Place Product Packaging (pp. 97-119) Jakle (Fast Food)
19 Fri. 18-Oct Exam I  
20 Mon. 21-Oct Text- Gordon: Blue Jeans (77-93) Gordon
Text- Cartensen: McDonald's (pp 119-129) Cartensen
21 Wed. 23-Oct Logsdon, Gene.  1987.  The Inalienable Lawn.  Ohio Magazine.  10:3.  35-39, 90. Logsdon; Quinett
Quinnett, Paul.  1987.  Rural Sprawl.  Country Journal.  14:11.  68-71.
22 Fri. 25-Oct Raitz, Karl.  1998.  American Roads, Roadside America.  Geographical Review. 88(3): 363-387. Raitz
Last day to withdraw with "W" grade
23 Mon. 28-Oct Sculle, Keith A. 1981.  The Vernacular Gasoline Station: Examples from Illinois and Wisconsin.  Journal of Cultural Geography. 1(2): 56-74. Sculle
24 Wed. 30-Oct Text- Curtis: Art Deco (pp. 198-205) Curtis
25 Fri. 1-Nov Text- Jakle : Motels (pp. 171-189) Jakle (Hotels)
26 Mon. 4-Nov Shortridge, James R.  1991.  The Concept of the Place Defining Novel in American Popular Culture.  Professional Geographer 43(3): 280-91. Shortridge
27 Wed. 6-Nov Adams, Paul. C.  1992.  Television as Gathering Place.  Annals of the Association of American Geographers.  82(1): 117-135. Adams
28 Fri. 8-Nov TBA: Dr. Graves to Faculty Development Program  
29 Mon. 11-Nov Fleming, Douglas K. and Richard Roth.  1991.  Place in Advertising.  The Geographical Review. 81:3. 281-291. Fleming and Roth
Salter, Christopher. 1983.  The Cowboy and the City: Urban Affection for Wilderness.  Landscape.  27:3  p43-47 Salter
30 Wed. 13-Nov Wallace, Mike.  1996.  "Disney's America" from Mickey Mouse History and other Essays on American Memory.  Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Wallace
31 Fri. 15-Nov Florida, Richard.  2002.  The Rise of the Creative Class. Florida
32 Mon. 18-Nov Exam II