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@St_Rev that sounds demanding and hard and worthwhile -
@sarahdoingthing well that counts me out -
@St_Rev come on you can like think of examples & have insights and I can connect them into something plausible (doesn't have to be now but) -
@sarahdoingthing well I gave some examples and stuff, that was a long thread. but let's keep talking about it! -
@sarahdoingthing like, the hanging tree thing. one set of cultural connotations in mainstream/white culture (westerns, conan) -
@sarahdoingthing in academic/prog culture it becomes a very different metaphor. few collisions for a long time bc it's moderately obscure -
@sarahdoingthing but it gains momentum in the minority culture (incidences of nooses in harassment hoaxes) -
@sarahdoingthing (and compare to that supposed death threat sarkeesian got before speaking in utah--letter full of references... - 7 more replies
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@St_Rev I have a suspicion that "sacred objects" is a ritual universal/ritual pattern - not in the sense of being worshipped but... -
@St_Rev being treated in a particular way by the group (deferential or reviled) - hanging tree does seem like one http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/baltimore-riots-artist-hangs-lynched-black-dolls-from-tree-in-protest-at-deaths-of-walter-scott-eric-garner-and-michael-brown-10211801.html … -
@St_Rev longer version https://theviewfromhellyes.wordpress.com/2015/03/21/sacred-objects/ … (still working on writing up this thing - fun!) -
@sarahdoingthing So what makes the sacred object universal? What problem does it solve for the group? Part answer: delineates a border. -
@sarahdoingthing eg the classic shibboleth. A compact way of distinguishing insider from outsider. -
@sarahdoingthing But drawing a border invites a fight. If one is to do so, it is beneficial to draw in a way that makes a winnable fight. -
@sarahdoingthing So: pick a distinction that puts the outsiders on the back heel. ex: Islam does not and has never had a universal taboo... -
@sarahdoingthing ...on images of Muhammad. But insurgent puritan movements keep recreating that taboo over and over in Islam's history. - 12 more replies
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