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...movements. Eugene Debs, the prominent socialist of the turn of the century, was a proud resident of Terre Haute, Ind. Lyndon Johnson, the architect of the century’s most far-reaching liberal programs, was born a poor Texan. Rural Americans, just like their urban counterparts, are a complex group, full of competing opinions on politics, culture, and religion, yet we continue to treat them as one-dimensional pawns in the bloody arena of political point-scoring...
Some, of course, Beall says, may not. For the boys, particularly those who had found favor with their fathers, the transition will be more difficult; meanwhile the young, teenaged mothers who see themselves as an integral part of the culture will also pose complex challenges. The young mothers occupy a crucial place in their community, proud symbols of a central tenet of their faith that only "celestial marriage" [polygamy] gains believers admission to the highest level of Heaven. (Upon reaching puberty, FLDS girls are required to marry, usually into the existing families of older men.) Furthermore, says Beall, the young...
...Done” starts off with boring, war-related lyrics and distant drums but eventually gathers momentum to a pleasant, if generic, climax. And the verses of “Sing for the Submarine” sound sinister and vaguely creepy, but give way to a pretty, more complex chorus. The brevity of the album also has important consequences. Some of the faster songs end strangely and abruptly—in an unnecessary whir of airplane propellers (“Houston”) or guitar shredding (“Accelerate”)—and the effect...
...film, “Snow Angels,” hardly a scene goes by without the presence of snow. The title is ironic, however, given that snow falls on characters who are often ugly, spiteful, and selfish. In a film that focuses almost entirely on complex human relationships, the frigid settings represent the brutal and unforgiving manner in which the characters interact. The gripping storyline and nuanced performances in “Snow Angels” force viewers not only to invest their time but also their psychology and emotions in a story about the destructive power of love...
...life in America afforded, tended to cling to traditional values. But in “Unaccustomed Earth,” Lahiri complicates these relationships. Using a more expansive format for the eight new stories that comprise the collection, she turns her anthropological eye on our own era of increased complexity and globalization, and suggests that the double consciousness she identified in her earlier works might actually be treble.This more complex worldview is evident from the first page of the title story. When we meet the protagonist Ruma, a young mother recently relocated to Seattle, she’s nervously anticipating...