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"The Myth of the Native Babe."

By KcM on November 29, 2005 3:22 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

"Mythologies aren't created for the purpose of telling history, they're created for the purpose of trying to devise some form of identity for people." On the eve of Terence Malick's highly-awaited The New World (out Christmas Day), the NYT's Steve Chagollan briefly assesses portrayals of Pocahontas in film. (Via Dangerous Meta.)

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