03478nam 2200829 a 450 991097233230332120240416152809.09780674044357067404435510.1515/9780674044357(CKB)2670000000038298(SSID)ssj0000416687(PQKBManifestationID)12146844(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416687(PQKBWorkID)10436425(PQKB)10571005(SSID)ssj0000484072(PQKBManifestationID)12203082(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484072(PQKBWorkID)10573549(PQKB)11201010(MiAaPQ)EBC3300803(Au-PeEL)EBL3300803(CaPaEBR)ebr10400481(OCoLC)923117214(DE-B1597)574619(DE-B1597)9780674044357(OCoLC)1262307871(Perlego)1147882(EXLCZ)99267000000003829820001228d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEmbodiment of a nation human form in American places /Cecelia Tichi1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press2001xii, 303 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674004948 0674004949 9780674013612 0674013611 Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-296) and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Introduction --I Crania Americana --1 Mt. Rushmore: Heads of State and States of Heads --2 Walden Pond: Head Trips --II Frontier Incarnations --3 Pittsburgh at Yellowstone: Old Faithful and the Pulse of Industrial America --4 America’s Moon: “A Dream of the Future’s Face” --III Bon Aqua --5 Hot Springs: American Hygeia --6 Love Canal: Hygeia’s Crisis --Notes --References --Credits --IndexFrom Harriet Beecher Stowe's image of the Mississippi's "bosom" to Henry David Thoreau's Cape Cod as "the bared and bended arm of Massachusetts," the American environment has been represented in terms of the human body. Exploring such instances of embodiment, Cecelia Tichi exposes the historically varied and often contrary geomorphic expression of a national paradigm.National characteristics, AmericanHuman bodySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryAnthropomorphismLandscapesUnited StatesPsychological aspectsHistoryLandscapesSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryHistoric sitesUnited StatesUnited StatesIntellectual lifeUnited StatesHistory, LocalUnited StatesEnvironmental conditionsNational characteristics, American.Human bodySocial aspectsHistory.Anthropomorphism.LandscapesPsychological aspectsHistory.LandscapesSocial aspectsHistory.Historic sites973Tichi Cecelia1942-595969MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972332303321Embodiment of a nation991590UNINA