AMST 384 1nd EditionLecture 9Outline of Last Lecture II. Hybrid HistoryIII. Imagined CommunityIV. Virginia DareV. Pocohontas VI. Lost Colony Theory Outline of Current Lecture VII. Icons of American OriginsVIII. PlymouthIX. Plymouth RockX. Forefather’s DayXI. ThanksgivingXII. Anti-Thanksgiving HolidaysRecitation:Icons of American “Origins”- Columbus-1492- St. Augustine-1595 (Spanish on our land 22 years before pilgrims)- Quebec-1608 (French settled)- Jamestown-1607- Martin De Arguelles-born in 1st European in 1566, way before Virginia Dare- These are all histories of American Origins that aren’t necessarily the stories we know about our history- Different possibilities of our American Origins- More diverse than we realizePlymouth- 13 years after Jamestown and settling of many places like Quebec- they were important because they were separately from Church of England and symbolized religious freedom- Mayflower Compacy- Economic motives of Jamestown are not as easily celebrated - Invention of New England’s power and traditionPlymouth Plantation- 1947These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Living history museum- People dressed and acting as 17th century pilgrim- Embodying past with centralized memory-distortion- Invented Tradition- uses past to affirm and support present interest, interests that can change overtime- Ex: Plymouth rock is invented traditiono Icon of steps in Americano Material memory - “Real histories have been buried under palimpsest of apocryphal tales”o palimpsest- a manuscript page where text has been erased by being scrapped offo Apocryphal- a doubtful authenticity- When erase words on paper, then recopy it will never be exactly the samePlymouth Rock- Word of mouth - An invented story- Alexis De Tocqueville-came to US and saw rock, told friend, sacralization of the materialIn Art,- Rock’s appearance differsForeFather’s Day- Holiday when Pilgrims landed- Taken over by Christmas and now thanksgiving- Gibraltar- England’s rock that is much bigger- Mark Twain makes fun of peoples obsession with the rockIn what ways in John McPhee’s article an iconoclast?- Iconoclast- person who attacks cherish beliefs- Ex: he traces origin of the rock and showed where it came from that wasn’t the USThanksgiving- Evented a year later- Feast between white Europeans and Native Americans- In Art, “Uncle Sam’s Dinner”-all around table, welcoming everyone- “The First Thanksgiving”- woman is centralized- “Freedom From Want”- shows turkey as center around family members Anti-Holidays- National Day of Mourningo Indians were already here without their help- UnThansgiving Dayo “No thanks, no giving”o honors the survival of IndiansCollective Memory- result of interaction among 3 historical facts1. Intellectual and Cultural Traditions2. Memory Makers3. Memory Consumers who use or ignore such artifacts based on their own
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