“Set 25 to 40 years in the future, when the precipitous decline of the U.S. leads to a mass exodus of its citizens, ‘Americatown’ centers on a cluster of newly arrived American immigrants in a big foreign city. ‘By presenting Americans as immigrants in the near future, as both underdog and hero in the drama of global dislocation, we substitute a mirror for the rancor that informs much of the partisan debates on immigration,’ Winters said.” [Link]
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