ANTH 474 Lecture 4: FEB 2
16 Feb 2017
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Windows of car make world a succession of photos -> seeing the world isolated. Symbol of modernity - cars change their shape every year. Symbol of transcendence - humanity can be in the air - just like birds. Emblem of corporate might-power, scraping the sky. Visualization = big thing for the 20th c. Usually made out of glass - reflecting each other. Word comes from india, means one floor - open layout. People valued the bungalow, gets you out of congestion pollution, crime of the city + cheaper. In everyone"s hands, keeping the past with you. Shift emphasis on appearance, people want to look good, a extension of the eye, Use of drugs -> hallucination better that everyday life. Food - fats food/organic/ quest for purity vegan! What do men want: to be picked by women, What do women want: seek grace/beauty in all things, men, calabashes for display, a status.
