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How many social norms reinforce a non-nomadic life and why?
12019-05-04T18:57:56-07:00Dawn Hicks851fbe6ff47c68a2de1a4f5f7b6db729bc4d659a105811plain2019-05-04T18:57:56-07:00Dawn Hicks851fbe6ff47c68a2de1a4f5f7b6db729bc4d659aThe concept of vilifying a nomadic person is new to me and yet has been taught to me my whole life. People tend to be untrusting of people or families that have moved a lot. People prefer to assume the mover could not fit in, could not keep work, could not keep it together, or basically a social deviant. The only approved sector of American society that can be nomadic is military people. “Oh, you lived all over? Must have been military.” How many social norms reinforce a non-nomadic life and why? Is it we just prefer predictably and accountability of people? Were the historical carpet baggers just really bad people. Do we hate to see others finding and exerting their freedom?
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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