The exoticness of it grabbed me, but ultimately, I could only pick two, so this one got the axe.
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I've learned there is a desired exoticness—and an undesirable one—that are in part determined by race and class.
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I am in no way oblivious to the historical context of non-Black women coveting Black men as embodiment of "othered" exoticness.
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In Geraldine Heng's recent work on The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, she notes the tying of blackness to exoticness became fashionable at this time.
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Her passivity, as well as her beguiling exoticness, is an escape from whatever drudgery awaits these men back on land — the mermaid is a fantasy, yes, but also a way to explain the unexplainable in nature.
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An emphasis was placed on their exoticness: they wore pigtails and dressed in "Oriental" clothing. Their performances occasionally featured swimming, playing checkers, and doing parlor tricks.
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In preparation, they played up Katsura's exoticness and her physical attractiveness. Tex Zimmerman's wife sewed tight-fitting kimonos for Katsura, slit up the side, which she wore during her exhibitions with high heels. Katsura was a tiny woman, weighing between 88 and 96 pounds. and standing 5 feet tall—just about the height of a standard cue stick.
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The Folies Bergère catered to popular taste. Shows featured elaborate costumes; the women's were frequently revealing, practically leaving them naked, and shows often contained a good deal of nudity. Shows also played up the "exoticness" of persons and objects from other cultures, obliging the Parisian fascination with the négritude of the 1920s. In 1926 the facade of the theatre was given a complete make-over by the artist Maurice Pico.
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The former generic name, Paradisaea, simply means "paradise", referring to the birds' exoticness and altogether, their appearance and their habitat. The new and current generic name is Paradisornis, which means "paradise bird". The specific name, rudolphi, commemorates Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria. The subspecies' names include margaritae, which honors Margaret Fitzell Gilliard, the wife of Ernest Thomas Gilliard, an ornithologist and museum curator, and ampla, which means "splendid" or "large".
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The Abaca Festival or formally known as Catanduanes Abaka Festival is a festival held each year in Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines. The celebration happens every 4th week of the month of May. The festival is cognizance of the importance of abaca fiber or Manila hemp industry in the local economy and the need to showcase its versatility as a major source of livelihood and craft material which has brought Catanduanes fame and fortune. The festival will showcase the life and resilient spirit of the Catandunganon and its culture, as well as the uniqueness and exoticness of the island and its people."".
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As a writer, Stedman was intrigued by Surinam, a "New World" full of complexities that were both familiar and foreign.Price, xiv–xxiv Torn between the roles of "incurable romantic" and scientific observer, Stedman attempted to maintain an objective distance from this strange new world, but was drawn in by its natural beauty and what he perceived as its exoticness. Stedman made a daily effort to take notes on the spot, using any material in sight that could be written on, including ammunition cartridges and bleached bone. Stedman later transcribed the notes and strung them together in a small green notebook and ten sheets of paper covered front and back with writing.
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It also operates on New Mexico Rail Runner Express trackage. The Southwest Chief is the successor to the Super Chief and El Capitan. The streamliner Super Chief, a favorite of early Hollywood stars, was one of the most famous named trains in the United States and one of the most esteemed for its luxury and exoticness—train cars were named for regional Native American tribes and outfitted with the artwork of many local artists—but also for its speed: as few as 39 hours 45 minutes westbound. The Sunset Limited makes stops three times a week in both directions at Lordsburg, and Deming, serving Los Angeles, New Orleans and intermediate points.
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Japanese were prohibited from visiting Ryukyu without shogunal permission, and the Ryukyuans were forbidden from adopting Japanese names, clothes, or customs. They were even forbidden from divulging their knowledge of the Japanese language during their trips to Edo; the Shimazu family, daimyōs of Satsuma, gained great prestige by putting on a show of parading the King, officials, and other people of Ryukyu to and through Edo. As the only han to have a king and an entire kingdom as vassals, Satsuma gained significantly from Ryukyu's exoticness, reinforcing that it was an entirely separate kingdom. Japan ordered tributary relations to end in 1875 after the tribute mission of 1874 was perceived as a show of submission to China.
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