Again, if it were a simple matter of which cultural figures I like, I think it would be different. But by answering the question, "Who are *my* culture-bearers," it somehow feels like 1) I am claiming a greater ownership of them than others (non-Anglophile, non-Okie, non-American) can, and 2) like I'm insinuating a similarity to them, which my caveat had meant to acknowledge.
I did not list Bob Dylan, Lenny Bruce, Dante Alighieri, etc., because I don't feel I have a regional/ethnic link to them. But really, do Italians own Dante more than Oklahomans?
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Date: 2005-03-17 05:25 pm (UTC)I did not list Bob Dylan, Lenny Bruce, Dante Alighieri, etc., because I don't feel I have a regional/ethnic link to them. But really, do Italians own Dante more than Oklahomans?