ARCHIVE - The Shadow of the Enlightenment - Mythic French Identities http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/taxonomy/term/28/0 We have looked at French cuisine and wine as mythic concepts contributing to French identity. In what ways might a mythic concept, such as the Eiffel Tower, the baguette, or the beret symbolize a “colonized past” (Gopnik)? en ARCHIVE - Janet Williford http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/janet-williford-1 <p>Having explored food as a hertiage and cultural identity; certainly icons of a people&#39;s history have as strong if not stronger ties. The eiffel tour. the baguette and the beret are all strong images that spring from the history of France and persist today. Mythic concepts often have strong notions that accompany them and in part is what makes them mythic concepts.</p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/janet-williford-1#comment Mythic French Identities Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:05:17 -0800 wiljan05 222 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow