Word: culturese
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When anthropologists observe cultures, they oftentimes choose a particularly unique social phenomenon that allows a glimpse into that culture’s canon of values: a Balinese cockfight, for example, or a Pueblo rain dance. These are the times when a people’s deepest shared emotions are on...
By RYAN J. MEEHANCrimson Staff WriterWalking down the staircase that leads to Eliot Street’s Twisted Village Record Shop, the first thing that commands the eye is a patchwork array of decals along the walls and ceiling. They bristle with dog-eared flyers, bumper stickers, and mascots from...
But Ghosh also knows that there's no easy harmony when peoples and cultures mix. While writing Sea of Poppies, he scoured old dictionaries and almanacs and filled the novel with dizzying dialogues incorporating bastardized Hindustani and lascar words that he claims entered common English parlance in the 19th century...
Financial experts discussed issues ranging from the causes of the current economic crisis to its potential ramifications at a panel moderated by Business School Dean Jay O. Light yesterday. Nicholas P. Retsinas, a lecturer of business administration at the Business School and a former director of Freddie Mac, traced the...
What's Next for China Re Simon Elegant's article on beijing after the Olympics: It was indeed a mission accomplished [Sept. 8]. When I visited the capital just last April, I saw people beginning to embrace a modern civilization while maintaining their roots in traditional culture. Though others may...