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Darnton, influenced by Clifford Geertz who was a colleague of Darnton's and had pioneered the approach of "thick description" in cultural anthropology, aimed to gain greater insight into the period and social groups involved by studying what he perceived to be something which appeared alien to the late modern mind – the fact that killing cats might be funny.
The first and eponymous book was published in 1967, [1] and was followed by five others: 11 Piki no Neko to Ahōdori (11ぴきのねことあほうどり) (1972), [3] 11 Piki no Neko to Buta (11ぴきのねことぶた) (1976), [4] 11 Piki no Neko Fukuro no Naka (11ぴきのねこ ふくろのなか) (1982), [5] 11 Piki no Neko to Henna Neko (11ぴきのねことへんなねこ) (1989), [6 ...
Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) is an international grassroots network of animal rights activists founded in 2013 in the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] DxE uses disruptive protests and non-violent direct action tactics, such as open rescue of animals from factory farms. [2]
Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children, [ 1 ] : 61 its main purpose being the prevention of resources being spent on weak or disabled offspring.
Infanticide in 19th-century New Zealand was difficult to assess, especially for newborn indigenous Māori infants. Resultantly, many New Zealand women who might otherwise have been sentenced to penal servitude or capital punishment had their sentences commuted to the lesser charge of "concealment of birth" under the Offences Against the Person Act 1867.
Multiple dog and cat food brands, including Victor Dog Food, are being recalled after seven cases of salmonella were reported, six of which were found in infants.
At the core of Keane's book is the author's belief that history is a necessary key for understanding democracy in the present time. Keane's worldwide perspective is an important corrective to the (mainly Western) idea that democracy has one and only distinctive form; one type of model that can be brought as a gift to people with different attitudes and histories.
A video of the tune had raked in more than 267,000 views on X Friday — with fans howling with laughter and calling it the purr-fect fall “banger.”