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yellow 1. any of a group of colours that vary in saturation but have the same hue. They lie in the approximate wavelength range 585--575 nanometres. Yellow is the complementary colour of blue and with cyan and magenta forms a set of primary colours 2. yellow cloth or clothing 3. the yolk of an egg 4. a yellow ball in snooker, etc. 5. any of a group of pieridine butterflies the males of which have yellow or yellowish wings, esp the clouded yellows (Colias spp.) and the brimstone 6. having a yellowish skin; Mongoloid yellow [yel·ō] (optics) The hue evoked in an average observer by monochromatic radiation having a wavelength in the approximate range from 577 to 597 nanometers; however, the same sensation can be produced in a variety of other ways. yellow color symbolizing cowardice. [Western Culture: Misc.] See : Cowardice yellow color of fecundity, relating to yellow sun and earth. [Eastern Color Symbolism: Binder, 78] See : Fertility yellow color symbolizing jealousy. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 1704] See : Jealousy yellow color marking doors of convicted traitors. [Fr. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 1171] See : Treachery
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Maliszewski touches on some of these issues but is ultimately more interested in scandalmongering, the scandal here being that Chabon, author of short stories, novels, and a comic book, is--hold on to your hats--a writer of fiction. Fiction allows for more complex character development and more exploration of cultural issues than the hyperedited, scandalmongering `reality' shows, which represent only a gayness that is titillating and, ultimately, palatable to a straight audience. As Louise and her councilors strove to develop her image as Regent and symbolic mother of France, the libidinal, appetitive engagement with the world that diplomats and courtiers reported Marguerite to have enjoyed may have to some extent been cultivated to deflect gossip and scandalmongering from the older generation. |
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