Tag: James Twitchell

April 23, 2014

RV-topia: Gatornationals at the Gainesville Raceway

The following post is by James Twitchell, author of Winnebago Nation: The RV in American Culture: “The democracy of the RV parking lot may be the last of the much-eulogized American Exceptionalism.”—James Twitchell Every March the small north Florida town...

April 18, 2014

The Future of the RV — James Twitchell

In “The Rise and Fall of the RV in America,” the concluding chapter to Winnebago Nation: The RV in American Culture, James Twitchell looks at the future of the RV, its need to change and its continuing promise to offer...

April 17, 2014

The RV in Popular Culture: From Lucy to Walter White

In Winnebago Nation: The RV in American Culture, James Twitchell also explores the depiction of the RV in the movies. Up until the 1960s, Twitchell argues, the RV was “an object of much interest and even yearning”. However, as “the...

April 16, 2014

Slab City

“Slabs is Burning Man with a vulture overhead. It looked to me like the end of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.”—James Twitchell As described in Winnebago Nation: The RV in American Culture, the camping site is an important part...

April 15, 2014

The RV Through History — Images from Winnebago Nation

The following are images that illuminate the evolution of the RV from the “Gypsy Van” at the beginning of the twentieth century to the iconic Winnebago. The images, of course, come from this week’s featured book Winnebago Nation: The RV...

March 11, 2014

New Book Tuesday: Winnebago Nation, Video Revolutions, Alain Robbe-Grillet and More New Titles!

Our weekly list of new titles now available: Winnebago Nation: The RV in American Culture James B. Twitchell Video Revolutions: On the History of a Medium Michael Z. Newman New Tunisian Cinema: Allegories of Resistance Robert Lang Asian and Feminist...