Word: metaphored
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...another internationally-acclaimed cellist, the Mexico City-based Carlos Prieto, and world-renowned composer Osvaldo Golijov.A NEW MODEL?While the conference’s topics range broadly, Bhabha says that what unifies these discussions is the role of “tango” as metaphor.“The world over, it has been seen as a metaphor of passion. The nature of tango in itself, the lyrics, has very much to do with the relationships…between men and women,” says Bhabha. “Tango is associated with the urban environment, so it?...
...assistance here. Binoche’s first scene, in which she says she is looking for a book that’s “right in a wrong way” and will “sweep her up unexpectedly,” is such a blatant metaphor for the rest of the story that her character loses all credibility. Her words seem so planted that from the start Binoche has no choice but to commit to a cheesy delivery. Thankfully, Carell rescues the film with the comic timing for which he is known. While hackneyed lines tend...
Indeed, not only for Asians but for any immigrant community, it is difficult to tread the line between ethnic assimilation and self-preservation. Academics have attempted to describe and define this tension in many ways, most famously with the metaphor of the American “melting pot.” A crude assimilationist model of this ideal might have us believe that foreigners arrive in the United States via some sort of cultural liquidation sale, ready to absorb into a gloopy, grey and nondescript soup characterized primarily by football, Big Macs and turkey stuffing. A more preservationist version might...
...Burt Lancaster) may be the man she searched for in all those other men. In the famous beach scene, as waves crash over them, they lie down and she rolls on top of him, in command. "Nobody ever kissed me the way you do," she purrs ("kiss" being a metaphor for a closer form of contact). Suddenly he's proprietary, wondering how many men she has "kissed." "Can't you give me a rough estimate?" he asks, and she replies, "Not without an adding machine...
...sense of what to expect from this charming and provocative investigation into language.For its author, language is a reflection of our conception of the world—and, consequently, human nature.Fittingly, Pinker uses cultural references, sexy verbs, and toilet allusions to describe the linguistic application of verbs and metaphors in the context of culture and humanity. Not only does Pinker have a lesson in psycholinguistics jammed into the book, but also a study of life, culture, and modernity.In this attempt at inclusiveness, Pinker begins his book with what he calls “the most significant political and intellectual event...