Listen "Black Sails and the Usable Past"
Episode Synopsis
The stories we grew up with form a subconscious basis for how we engage with the world. This episode examines two such stories - Pocahontas and Treasure Island - and how they may influence our understanding of the world.
Warnings: mild spoilers for Black Sails
Concepts:
Colonization
The usable past
Censorship
Sources:
Hixon, Walter. The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy. Sheridan Books, 2008.
Pocahontas. 1995. Directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, performance by Mel Gibson et al. Walt Disney Pictures.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. Simon & Schuster, 1883.
Black Sails, created by Robert Levine and Jonathan E. Steinberg, 2014-2017.
Warnings: mild spoilers for Black Sails
Concepts:
Colonization
The usable past
Censorship
Sources:
Hixon, Walter. The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy. Sheridan Books, 2008.
Pocahontas. 1995. Directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, performance by Mel Gibson et al. Walt Disney Pictures.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. Simon & Schuster, 1883.
Black Sails, created by Robert Levine and Jonathan E. Steinberg, 2014-2017.
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