Word: tribalized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Anyway, why should one care about this schematic myth-wagging inside an art gallery when its limitations would be obvious anywhere else? The difference between archaic or tribal art and new art that feigns an archaic or tribal look is that the former was once dense with social meaning, whereas the latter, being deracinated and arbitrary, has little or none. But romanticizing the primitive, along with the instinctive and the natural, was central to expressionism in the '20s, and must be revived along with its look...
...livestock trader, he was born in a tent in the desert near the Libyan town of Sirte in 1942 Libya was then occupied by the forces of Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini, and its people were treated, at best, as fifth-class citizens. That bitter memory, as much as his tribal upbringing and education in Muslim schools, shaped Gaddafi...
...Shortly after the coup, Gaddafi proclaimed the principles of his governmental policy, which included the elimination of all foreign bases (including the American-run Wheelus Air Base near Tripoli), neutrality in foreign policy and national unity in a country that until then had been sharply divided along provincial and tribal lines. A year later, Gaddafi announced that not only had these objectives been met but that the minimum wage had been doubled, huge development projects had been started and oil prices had been raised. Libya today ranks among the more prosperous of Arab states with an average per capita income...
...preserving." The Yuroks reburied their bones in an unmarked plot to guard against future looters. The field at Patrick's Point, though it now belongs to the state, is part of an ancient burial ground that was long a favorite target for hunters of Indian relics. Says Yurok Tribal Chairman Joy Sundberg, 49: "White people came through this area in the 1920s and '30s and took everything Indian they could get their hands on. Every college, every souvenir hunter wanted Indian artifacts. Back then there was no way to stop them. Now we can at least...
...great rituals of tribal Washington is the dance of the aftermath. It is staged by pundits and politicos, explaining why an event that happened in their midst was not predicted by them or should not have happened without their approval...