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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Sabbathon limitations
Does anyone know how the highlighted quote circumvents the prohibitions that are imposed by the Sabbathon on the public behaviour? I am not completely familiar with Sabbathon limitations either!
In concrete terms it refers to a fence – either real or symbolic – that surrounds a Jewish neighbourhood (257). Within it certain prohibitions on public behaviour, imposed by the Sabbath, are cleverly circumvented by a creative interpretation, as the artist goes on to explain: ‘This loophole allows for a designated public space to become domesticated by cord stretched as lintels above doorways into a communal home’.
In concrete terms it refers to a fence – either real or symbolic – that surrounds a Jewish neighbourhood (257). Within it certain prohibitions on public behaviour, imposed by the Sabbath, are cleverly circumvented by a creative interpretation, as the artist goes on to explain: ‘This loophole allows for a designated public space to become domesticated by cord stretched as lintels above doorways into a communal home’.
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The prohibitions are for public places. People beat the system by using some rope to extend a public place into a private place where the forbidden behaviors are tolerated. The rope/cord connects the two, The two areas are then interpreted as non-public or private/domesticated.
- The prohibitions are for public places.
- People beat the system by using some rope to extend a public place into a private place where the forbidden behaviors are tolerated.
- The rope/cord connects the two, The two areas are then interpreted as non-public or private/domesticated.
- As such, people can be freer to express themselves without judged or punished.
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The prohibitions are for public places. People beat the system by using some rope to extend a public place into a private place where the forbidden behaviors are tolerated. The rope/cord connects the two, The two areas are then interpreted as non-public or private/domesticated. As such, people can be freer to express themselves without judged or punished.
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