From: Destinee Udelhoven <destineekae@hotmail.com> Subject: Mt Horeb Historium's 7-18 Event Looks at Laura Ingalls Wilder as Migrant Archetype Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 07:20:21 +0000 Message-ID: <DM6PR04MB426838E3A7295BB62C269FF7A1CD0@DM6PR04MB4268.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>
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with Emily Anderson
Thursday, July 18 @ 6:00p.m.
FREE & OPEN TO ALL
Laura Ingalls Wilder is an American icon, known for her novels about her fa
mily’s experience as American pioneers in the 1870s. But does her Little
House on the Prairie series have meaning for today’s immigrants and refug
ees to the Midwest? Indeed it does.
Now the themes of courage, hard work, and dedication to family and traditio
n play out in modern riffs, such as hit Canadian TV series Little Mosque on
the Prairie and Minneapolis-based blog Little Laos on the Prairie. Contemp
orary immigrants have adapted the iconic pioneer girl’s story about overl
and migration to explore current immigration controversies, facts, and myth
s.
In this talk, Author Emily Anderson, longtime "Little House" fan and now sc
holar, will open a discussion about how immigration is perceived today in l
ight of American history, ideals, and representations in pop culture.
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Can the “Little House on the Prairie” series be used as a lens for unde
rstanding those seeking a new life in the Badger state today, nearly 150 ye
ars after Pa played his fiddle in the Big Woods of Wisconsin?
Emily Anderson (left) holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago and an MA from Bucknell University. She recently received her docto
rate in English from the University at Buffalo.
“Global Migration & Midwestern Sensibilities” is made possible by the W
isconsin Humanities Council and their "Working Lives Project" [to find out
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” This year-long mix of speakers and exhibitions about both early Wiscons
in’s foreign-born settlers and current immigration issues and experiences
hopes to help audiences make connections and recognize patterns and change
over time.
For more information about July 18th's "Little House" event or the Historiu
m's 2019 "Immigrants of Wisconsin" series, call 608-437-6486 or email mthor
ebhistory@mhtc.net<mailto:mthorebhistory@mhtc.net>.
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