Research Catalog

Title

Community media representations of place and identity at Tug Fest : reconstructing the Mississippi River / Michael O. Johnston.

Author

Johnston, Michael O., 1985-

Publication

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]

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Holdings

Details

Description

xxiv, 111 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"This book offers a vivid portrait of place and identity as it exists in today's US rural landscape and uses the interstate Tug Fest festival in the Midwest to explore the complex interactions of humans and environment"--

Subject

• Great River Tug Festival (Ill. and Iowa)
• Tug of war (Game) > Social aspects > Mississippi River
• Tug of war (Game) > Social aspects > Middle West
• Tourism > Social aspects > Mississippi River
• Tourism > Social aspects > Middle West
• Local mass media > Mississippi River
• Local mass media > Middle West
• Local mass media
• Manners and customs
• Tourism > Social aspects
• Mississippi River > Social life and customs
• Middle West > Social life and customs
• Middle West
• Mississippi River Region

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: The birth of a tug fest -- The making of place and identity in the Midwest -- Kiddy tug, farm boys, and beefy women : identity and body politics -- Hands covered in resin : party tourism or sport tourism -- The tides that bind and unravel : the social construction of environment -- More than just a map dot : globalization and tourism -- Conclusion: The Mississippi River all but lost its wild -- Afterword: Tug tied.

ISBN

• 9781666908770
• 1666908770
• 9781666908787 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2022030008
• 40031312021

OCLC

• 1338667127
• SCSB-14333558

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library