In his essay “Brazilian Anthropophagy Revisited,” Sérgio Bellei makes similar claims. He suggests that the anthropophagists have a kind of split consciousness, being aware of both the superior European culture and the material backwardness of their own culture; the purpose of the anthropophagists, according to Bellei, was to dissolve the borders between the two.

and they that overween, / And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen,

The buddha lands described in the Lotus share certain generic features: the ground is made of lapis or crystal; they are perfectly level, without mountains or valleys; they are free from all manner of filth, including the stench of latrines … The ground was made of lapis lazuli, …

Polish music, the Polish language, a display of photographs from the President’s trip to Poland and, of course, an array of Polish foods such as: kiełbasa, pierogi,[…]