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12 pages in length. The writer briefly summarizes and reviews four articles on labor migration, Midwestern legacy, Pacific Asia and post-Communism/nationalism. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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of pointed episode linked to its past like its Western counterpart has rendered it a receptacle for ridicule and grave misunderstanding; Ryden (1999) works hard at debunking this stereotypical underpinning
through literary examples that not only justify the equitable importance of Midwestern history, but also presents some very convincing reasons why open spaces and lots of emptiness are important in
the overall scheme of regional character. To understand the true identity of the Midwest, Ryden (1999) contends, is to look beyond its seeming nothingness and uncover the singularity earned
by a region where there has been no defining moment of recognition but continues to be a solid presence in the here and now. "Lacking the historical touchstone of
identity so readily available to other regions, Midwesterners are required to do a different sort of imaginative work. Instead of adopting and adapting a ready-made history, they continually construct
the past anew from the materials at hand, thinking not of the entire region and its abstract history but of the places most immediate to their lives, looking and listening
and remembering and then filling the emptiness by applying their own imaginative overlays to the landscape, locating regional identity not in a spot in the past but in the spot
on which they stand" (Ryden, 1999, p. 513). Ryden (1999) illustrates how the social function of literature reflects the very essence of humanity, eloquently chronicling the subtlest nuances of
mans existence through historical meanderings. The words interwoven within the context of literature carry with them a great deal of power to such an extent that only a handful
of writers have truly revealed the historical value of Midwestern regions by virtue of their insightful glance into the less glorified context of a nations past. Ryden (1999) reminds readers
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