Who Gets To Belong In The Story Of The West?
About this episode
The episode discusses how the narrative of the American West shapes identity and belonging, featuring historian Megan Kate Nelson.
Send us Fan Mail Find Michele at bookclues.com The Westerners MythMaking and Belonging on the American Frontier We talk with historian Megan Kate Nelson about how the American West gets turned into a story and how that story shapes who counts as a “real” Westerner. We follow seven lives that expose the networks, conflicts and choices that the frontier myth often hides. • Frederick Jackson Turner’s frontier thesis and why it dominated US western history • Historians as mythmakers along with no...
People in this episode
Host: Michele McAloon
Guest: Megan Kate Nelson
Topics covered
- American West
- mythmaking
- historical narrative
- frontier thesis
- identity
- belonging
Keywords
- American West
- frontier myth
- historian
- mythmaking
- identity
- belonging
- Frederick Jackson Turner
- western history
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