@article{ART001473579},
author={Gordon Slethaug},
title={“Roads for Traveling Souls” Spirituality and the American Road},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2010},
volume={20},
pages={347-370},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2010.20..347}
TY - JOUR
AU - Gordon Slethaug
TI - “Roads for Traveling Souls” Spirituality and the American Road
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2010
VL - 20
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PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 347
EP - 370
SN - 1598-0685
AB - In the latter part of the 20th century, the road in American culture has been identified with independence, mobility, and speed, but in his seminal poem, “Song of the Open Road,” Walt Whitman characterized road journeys as simultaneously physical, intellectual, and spiritual, a view embraced by Vincent Van Gogh whose Terrace of a Café at Night illustrates in paint what Whitman said in words. Others such as Jack Kerouac in On the Road followed in Whitman’s tradition, one taken up even more recently by David Lynch, whose films are best known for a condemnation of American suburban life, but whose Straight Story evokes a profound spirituality as part of the road. This essay explores spirituality in these various texts.
KW - road in American culture;spirituality;traveling soul;journey
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2010.20..347
ER -
Gordon Slethaug. (2010). “Roads for Traveling Souls” Spirituality and the American Road. Cross-Cultural Studies, 20, 347-370.
Gordon Slethaug. 2010, "“Roads for Traveling Souls” Spirituality and the American Road", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.20, pp.347-370. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2010.20..347
Gordon Slethaug "“Roads for Traveling Souls” Spirituality and the American Road" Cross-Cultural Studies 20 pp.347-370 (2010) : 347.
Gordon Slethaug. “Roads for Traveling Souls” Spirituality and the American Road. 2010; 20 347-370. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2010.20..347
Gordon Slethaug. "“Roads for Traveling Souls” Spirituality and the American Road" Cross-Cultural Studies 20(2010) : 347-370.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2010.20..347
Gordon Slethaug. “Roads for Traveling Souls” Spirituality and the American Road. Cross-Cultural Studies, 20, 347-370. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2010.20..347
Gordon Slethaug. “Roads for Traveling Souls” Spirituality and the American Road. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2010; 20 347-370. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2010.20..347
Gordon Slethaug. “Roads for Traveling Souls” Spirituality and the American Road. 2010; 20 347-370. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2010.20..347
Gordon Slethaug. "“Roads for Traveling Souls” Spirituality and the American Road" Cross-Cultural Studies 20(2010) : 347-370.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2010.20..347
