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...important about these sculptures is they show you a three-dimensional view of these costumes and the figure,” Chilton says.“A Taste of Power” demonstrates that porcelain figurines are not just the “little tchotchkes on your grandparent??s table,” but rather symbols of status and wealth whose diminutive size belies their large historical importance. However, the “Tables of Content” was more than just a history lesson; the symposium also focused on the relevance of the porcelains in modern culture...
...every morning in anticipation of that day. “There is something in us that every day we hope communism will fall,” he says. Lage notes that while communist Cuba is a sad fact of life for his generation, it is even harder on his grandparent??s generation, many of whom will never live to see a free Cuba. Balmori was at his grandfather’s funeral the day Fidel Castro first announced that he would be stepping back in 2006. He recalls leaving the funeral to be greeted by people waving Cuban...
...narrative starts with Sage as a precocious child being raised by her grandparents and mother on a vicarage in the squalid Welsh town of Hanmer. Life on the vicarage feels unrealistic as Sage paints a bitter, almost gothic picture of her grandparent??s failed marriage and the general filth that pervades the house, the town and herself. Her grandfather, the vice-ridden vicar, is an alcoholic adulterer who even has an affair with his daughter’s best friend. Emphasizing the dirt, both literal and figurative, Sage is plagued by lice. Her family refuses...
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