Month: June 2018

Like Nothing Nameable

Like Nothing Nameable In his new and thoroughly confusing work of fiction John Barth seems at first blush to be like a great architect making a batch of doll houses just to show that his virtuosity includes mastery over the elegant trifle and the deft sketch. This, of course, is exactly what we were not…

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How were children born to Vietnamese women fathered by American servicemen treated after the fall of South Vietnam? How are they treated today?

Opinion | The Shame Culture

Opinion | The Shame Culture Crouch starts with the distinction the anthropologist Ruth Benedict popularized, between a guilt culture and a shame culture. In a guilt culture you know you are good or bad by what your conscience feels. In a shame culture you know you are good or bad by what your community says…

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