| 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 | |