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The Shape of Texas: Maps as Metaphors (Texas A & M University Military)
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| #2316915 in Books | Texas AM University Press | 1995-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.44 x.62 x6.29l,.94 | File type: PDF | 144 pages | ||10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| The Map As Cultural Icon|By A Customer|While this is not a book for everyone, those interested in either maps or popular iconography will find few if any its equal. It will appeal primarily to three groups of readers. The first is persons interested in maps and cartography, especially the role of the map in present day popular culture. The second group consists of Texans||
" . . . the first serious attempt to examine the process by which a map becomes a popular symbol. Although its focus may be liminted in that it concentrates on a single cartograhic icon, the methodology will surely be applicable to the study of any popula
Texas-shaped ashtrays, belt buckles, earrings, kitchen utensils--"Texas kitsch"--fill gift shops alongside highways and in airports. The Lone Star State's unmistakable shape is appropriated by advertisers to hawk everything from beans to automobiles inside Texas' borders and beyond. As a billboard-sized neon sign glowing atop a popular honkey-tonk, the Texas map illuminates the Fort Worth night sky, attracting tourists in search of a good time--and a share of the Te...
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