Nothing tickles me more than my daily dose of This American Life, Public Radio International’s hallmark broadcast that examines the American perspective from the sentimental to the down-right bizarre. On an episode entitled “Them,”–my pick today from the podcast archive–TAL examines the classic “us” and “them” constellation that involves both domestic and international convergence. [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 1, 2008
‘Are you looking at me?’: European Imaginings of the American Old West
Being offered free whiskey and the chance to mingle within Edinburgh’s art scene, I attended the exhibition opening of Print the Legend: The Myth of the West at the Fruitmarket Gallery. Never in my life had I seen so many Europeans strutting around in colorful gingham shirts, aged cowboys boots, and in the [...]
