By joneilortiz on December 20, 2009
After having established the “determinate functioning” and systematic appearance of the Cecafumo cityscape shot in relation to the narrative of Mamma Roma – “The shot is inserted each time Mamma Roma or Ettore begins or concludes a line of action meant to improve his or her social position” (116) – Rhodes now argues the opposite, [...]
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By joneilortiz on December 8, 2008
Studies of the effects of class on the brain tend to invoke culture and environment as the predominant cause for distinctions. For example, a recent study of the respective effects of wealth and poverty on children’s brains found that “normal nine and 10-year-olds from rich and poor backgrounds had differing electrical activity in a part [...]
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