The following is a slide show that was used within a "personal cultural history" presentation as a course requirement for Lit5034. This one will a be a tough one to follow without a slidecast. Perhaps I'll do that in the near future. Oh well. ;)

1. My Personal
Family Culture
by Sean Patrick Nash
Monday, July 6, 2009

2. “culture:”
...the customs, arts,
social institutions, and
achievements of a
particular nation, people
or other social group.
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3. “Man is an animal suspended in
webs of significance he himself
has spun. I take culture to be
those webs, and the analysis of it
to be therefore not an
experimental science in search of
law but an interpretative one in
search of meaning.”
~Geertz (Interpretation of Cultures)
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4. It has often been said
that the Irish...
• are a poetic, passionate, family-oriented people
• have a strong work ethic
• are socially conscious
• never back down from a fight
• have strong ties to nature
• have a bloody wicked sense of humor
• are all Catholics... drunks... etc...
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5. An Irish blessing...
M hands to do-
AY THERE ALWAYS
For your
be work
May your purse always hold
A coin or two-
May the sun always shine
On your windowpane
May a rainbow be certain
To follow each rain-
May the hand of a friend
Always be near you
May God fill your heart
With gladness to cheer you.
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6. Does this heritage
seem to fit me?
You make the call...
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7. Diary of a Midwestern Boy
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8. I was born...
In Saint Joseph, MO
in 1969
and
reside there to this day.
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9. ...to Mr. & Mrs.
Patrick Carey Nash
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10. My Grandparents
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11. but before we get too
carried away...
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12. remember...
i’m just a midwestern boy
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13. No green here...
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14. ...nor here.
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15. We celebrate the major holidays
much like everyone else around us...
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17. We spent time doing normal
midwestern boy things...
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18. TONS of
time...
In fact, we were allowed
to run the
neighborhood & woods
nearby from sunup until
sundown as long as we
were within dad’s
whistle range.
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19. But those
woods can
be...
lovely
dark
and
deep
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32. is love of nature
an inborn curiosity?
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33. a learned behavior?
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34. ...or directly sponsored?
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43. WRESTLING?
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44. WRESTLING?
NO... not my family. ;)
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45. WRESTLING
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65. So...
does this heritage
seem to fit me?
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