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  1. Oct 2021
    1. re-exarnining the midclle-clu.r r,our.r,ola ornearttunJameii.-u. ur"ryhousehold object is scrurinized fr".tioJt;li. ora significance forgotten anda new, purely instrumentar, one inscribed'based on ih. a."u. ."-.iJiriorrrgof the house as a besieged shelter. F"ri;;;;e suburbanization of Arnericain the 50s and 60s, houses have become a"Enrir., ,h;t;;;; iii*rrUor.,otrt' they concear" thev separate.

      What seems normal right now, obviously was pretty substantial back then. really illustrates the impact of this film

    2. In Depression_era and wartirni zombie movies, fo. inrtun.., tfr"zombie arguably served as a cinematic mechanism ro. .uiring urui.n"r, orgender issues and errpowering wornen. Zombie movies "f ifril periodconsistently depict "zombifiei" women ostensibly subservient to adornineering male, yet not fully conque..d

      Zombies movies with social issues isn't always a negative result

    3. repofied native superstitions such as the ..zornbie.,, The creature wasqulck-lr adopted by the entertainrnent industry

      Not surprised that the entertainment industry capitalized on real life events just to twist it into dramatized version of reality

    1. To assume that a diet requires protein from domesticable herbivores just be- cause that is the usual American and Eu- ropean diet is quite ethnocentric

      On top of that, the topic is on civiliation CENTURIES ago. It's a little hard to put out an assumption that they lacked protein if they were from a long time ago

    2. Harner's argument is that the pressure of population on resources led to hunger and thus to cannibalism.

      I've never really delved deep into any research on aztecs but i've always thought cannibalism in aztec society as more of a religion-related thing

    3. The evidence of widespread can- nibalism is clearly shown in Spanish chronicles of the conquest, but these have been ignored by modern Mexicans and anthropologists.

      Spanish twist the narrative in that the aztecs as man eating savages to justify their mass .