Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh please... Family of Man is the pinnacle of western cultural imperialism (and this post is coming from an American). It merely allows people in wealthy industrialized countries to feel comfortable in their lives instead of opening their eyes to the difficulties of the world and trying to do something to change it. As Roland Barthes wites in his essay by the same title (which I highly suggest reading), all lives are not created equal, a reality the exhibit glosses over by suggesting some sort of imaginary parity between the coutries whose life average life expectancies (not to mention infant and maternal mortality rates, etc.) differ by over 30 years. - ----Original Message----- >From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net> >But life is the same the world over >in many ways, including our backyards. The Family of Man is a perfect >example of that.