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By Steven Biel
Norton, 215 pages, $21.95
The Art Institute of Chicago may have sent Grant Wood’s famous painting to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for its 75th birthday, but if you miss the gaunt farmer and his wan wife, you can look at them from a different angle in this book that explores how the art has been parodied, idealized and, over time, has been a mirror for national identity.