Word: perceivees
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Kastoria’s inhabitants perceive no difference between land and sea. A fishing village nearly surrounded by water, it is the extraordinary setting for The Flowers of the Lake, Stamatis Tsa-rouchas’ patriotic tale set in turn of the century Greece. At this time, the Ottomans have...
Concerted political activism among European Jews is still a relatively recent phenomenon. French Jews first emerged as a force after the 1967 Six Day War when, emboldened by the recently-immigrated Sephardic Jews from North Africa who had doubled their ranks, they took to the streets to condemn the French...
One of the greatest delights in The Corrections is the experience of coming to know Franzen’s characters, who are all trying, in one way or another, to make those necessary adjustments referred to by the title. His careful rendering of the constant struggle, forward motion and backward...
Much of Udé’s exhibit centers around the self portrait, as Udé, a Nigerian transvestite who describes himself as being educated by the night club scene of the 1980s, splashes his elaborately made-up face across mock-ups of movie posters and covers of famous...
The text of the messages is presumably intended to personify the piece of clothing as an extension of the owner, concealing taboo desires within acceptable trappings of modern society. Like the rest of Udé’s exhibit, this series directly questions one’s sense of...