Quite the contrary. Images of death are all over the Edwardian Ball. There are elaborate dioramas of animal skeletons and bizarre examples of the art of taxidermy. There are skulls and other death symbols incorporated into costumes all over the dance floor, and into the art all over the thea...
Traditional clothing was revitalized during the May Fourth Movement in 1919 to counter Westernization. Activists and intellectuals promoted these garments as symbols of self-determination and cultural pride. Women who wore these dresses celebrated Chinese heritage and made a statement about resisting foreign...
Like other modes of secularism,laïcitéis a modern form of political rule that seeks to define a particular kind of secular subject (whether “religious” or not) who can take part in the game of symbols—the right kind of conventional signs—to demonstrate his or her loyalty to the state...