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Cultural Influences
12019-05-07T18:06:50-07:00Kiisha Hilliardd91712a2483a528aa121e75983c3454ac050719f105811plain2019-05-07T18:06:50-07:00Kiisha Hilliardd91712a2483a528aa121e75983c3454ac050719fYour ideas on Samatar's thoughts about the vision between the nomadic and settled lifestyle influenced some of my thoughts. I realized that the nomadic lifestyle would probably be frowned upon because these individuals are moving around; therefore, their identities are oftentimes hard to pin down as well. Nomadic communities cannot be purely put into one community like the individuals in settled communities. I think that Samatar could be tying in some cultural context with the idea of nomadic versus settled. Her parents to some degree could be counted as nomadic, and their lifestyle produced offspring that can't be categorized by society.
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1media/Nomadic_Tribes_of_Asia.jpg2019-04-26T19:07:01-07:00Mary Laffidybbaa6fac1a2d68d7d027a0bc645072eb108dbf5cThe Inferiorizing of Nomadic Culture in "The Shadow Beast"32Analyzing how Sofia Samatar uses the story of Cain and Abel as an allegory in "The Shadow Beast" for the rejection of nomadic culture.image_header2021-01-13T05:27:48-08:00Mary Laffidybbaa6fac1a2d68d7d027a0bc645072eb108dbf5c