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August 20, 2013

On the ‘Orientalism’ of the Prairie

Rapid City SD, Telling the Story

On the ‘Orientalism’ of the PrairieGrantWood
by James Fallows
What happens when the “ordinary objects of our culture” are treated as curiosities?   (Read it here.)

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