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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Language and culture

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A Negotiation In Meaning: Identifying American Cultural Touchstones, Jayne Jaya Todai May 2015

A Negotiation In Meaning: Identifying American Cultural Touchstones, Jayne Jaya Todai

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How can discussing a poem lead to a meaningful conversation? What if Americans used common poems as their nation's cultural touchstones? In my essay, I will explore how poems that serve as American cultural touchstones might develop better communicators within the United States. I will propose a template that determines which poems would qualify as these national touchstones.

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