Extract: Nation, Memory, Myth by Steve Vizard
Posted on 11 Jun 2025
How does myth generate meaning for a nation and its citizens? How does a national myth transform into symbolic performances of cultural memory and kinship?
Michael Duranko & Penina Goodman
Michael Duranko (shoe size 9) lives in Manhattan with his bootist wife Tina. He does not think of himself as a religious leader: he is a simple man with a simple message. He has an affinity for Tod's. His favourite shoes of all time are black on white golf shoes with metal spikes from 1990. Penina Goodman (shoe size 7) lives in Chicago with a shoe collection that is 90% black, housed in shelves specifically designed for it. She and many of her closest friends live the bootist life and she is thrilled to collaborate on providing them with a voice.
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