A cultural geography of lake wobegon

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-321

  Fry, Katherine G ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrarian Midwest Myth; Cultural Geography; National Identity; Racism; Regional Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933478320     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106461798246925     Document Type: Article

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