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DESCRIPTION:Join us for K.L.H. Wells' Book Talk\n\nHow did Americans from d
 ifferent regions\, classes\, and ethnicities learn to identify with the ear
 ly history of the United States as their own heritage? In this talk\, K.L.H
 . Wells argues that colonial revivalist projects of the 1930s and 1940s use
 d uncanny\, immersive design to shape the national and racial identity of W
 hite Americans. Focusing on the Index of American Design\, a WPA Federal Ar
 t Project now housed at the National Gallery of Art\, Wells examines how th
 e uncanniness of colonial revivalism encouraged White Americans from a vari
 ety of backgrounds to subjectively identify with the nation’s “founders” an
 d “pioneers.” By exploring how the Index made American history accessible t
 o new audiences while reinforcing White national identity\, Wells suggests 
 that uncanny revivals can help us understand some of the contradictions of 
 our own political moment.
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LOCATION:Smith Hall of Art (Academic Center)\, Rm 114
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SUMMARY:An Uncanny Index: Revivalist Design and American Identity
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URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/an-uncanny-index-revivalist-design-and-a
 merican-identity
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