Karal Ann Marling
Karal Ann Marling (born November 5, 1943) is an American cultural historian and writer. A professor emerita of the University of Minnesota, she is an American studies scholar with a special focus on the visual arts. ''The New York Times'' described her as a "keen-eyed critic of American popular culture." One book reviewer described her as a stylistic and intellectual heir to both Erma Bombeck and Tom Wolfe.Originally from the East Coast, she earned a Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr College before she came to Minnesota in 1977 to teach. She has since become an acknowledged expert on her adopted home state, including on the cultural significance of state fairs (including the Minnesota State Fair) and shopping malls (including the Mall of America).
Marking has written 19 full-length non-fiction books. Provided by Wikipedia
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Wall-to-wall America : a cultural history of post-office murals in the Great Depression / by Marling, Karal Ann
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The colossus of roads : myth and symbol along the American highway / by Marling, Karal Ann
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Tom Benton and his drawings : a biographical essay and a collection of his sketches, studies, and mural cartoons / by Marling, Karal Ann
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George Washington slept here : colonial revivals and American culture, 1876-1986 / by Marling, Karal Ann
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As seen on TV : the visual culture of everyday life in the 1950s / by Marling, Karal Ann
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Graceland : going home with Elvis / by Marling, Karal Ann
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Merry Christmas! : celebrating America's greatest holiday / by Marling, Karal Ann
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The colossus of roads : myth and symbol along the American highway / by Marling, Karal Ann
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Designs on the heart : the homemade art of Grandma Moses / by Marling, Karal Ann
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Designing Disney's theme parks : the architecture of reassurance /
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The Arts and the American home, 1890-1930 /
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Between home and heaven : contemporary American landscape photography from the Consolidated Natural Gas Company Foundation Collection of the National Museum of American Art, Smiths...
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