Sentences with phrase «dying culture»

Lest we be tempted to romanticize woman's capacity for rebirth» in a dying culture, Atwood tests the reader's discernment by appending the «Historical Notes.»

A dying culture.»

Not quite a masterpiece perhaps, but a visually stunning mountain drama, and an absorbing look at a dying culture.

HIMALAYA (Grade: B +): This French - Nepalese mountain drama — about a generational power struggle in a Tibetan tribe — is an absorbing political story, a rousing outdoor adventure and a precious look at a remote, dying culture.

An epic Chinese tale in the vein of The Last Emperor, Wolf Totem depicts the dying culture of the Mongols - the ancestors of the Mongol hordes who at one time terrorized the world - and the parallel extinction of the animal they believe to be sacred: the fierce and otherworldly Mongolian wolf.

The schisms, alliances and sacrifices that result reflect the pain of a dying culture and the birth of a different world.

I am finishing a biography of my mother bathed in a dying culture, that of the Sephardic jews.

It's a business that can be difficult at times,» says Julie Hrudova, of The Dutch Funfair, a series of atmospheric photographs that show the dying culture of candy floss, helter skelters and waltzers.

His take on mallrats is intriguing, as he's grappling with the decidedly suburban phenomenon of mall culture and placing his vision of this dying culture in the context of downtown Miami's urban malls, which have been well past their prime for decades and are ripe for gentrification.

Small, single person houses are sign of a (literally) dying culture.