Dama
- noun
- /ˈdɑːmə/
- Specialized
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Dama
- The spatio-temporal distinctions (who is allowed to see what and where) made between the various phases of a Dogon dama are applied even more rigorously to dances for foreign tourists.
Examples
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Alarcon's play represents marriage as a potentially lethal threat to male friendship; a weapon that is disarmed only through the misogynist marginalization of the dama's role within the new order established.
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In this all-male configuration of triangular relations, homosocial bonding need not lead to vilification of the dama, because she is marginal to this competition.
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The strengthening of this bond is accompanied by a corresponding decrease in the two men's desire for the dama, Flor.
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Finally, locals distinguish between the aesthetic appearance of the masks: masks danced for tourists are often in a state of disrepair in contrast to the bright and shiny aesthetic that pervades at the dama.
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Even after learning that it is his brother Sancho who was killed in the duel—initiated by Sancho's discovery of this stranger at Fadrique's dama's window—
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In homosocial comedy, the archetypal natures of the dama and the blocking character are reconfigured in conformity with (Neo-)Platonic notions of gender and friendship.
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Here, the two male protagonists and the dama participate in a doubling of the Girardian triangular relationship—not only is each male a rival with the other for the love of Ins, this dama must also compete with each male for the love of the other.
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Here, the two male protagonists and the dama participate in a doubling of the Girardian triangular relationship—not only is each male a rival with the other for the love of Ins, this dama must also compete with each male for the love of the other.
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The dama deer is known for its distinctive white spots on a brown coat.
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In the park, we spotted a group of dama deer grazing peacefully.
Synonyms
A group of deer that includes the fallow deer from Europe and Asia
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Dama comes from the old Latin word dama, which meant 'fallow deer' to the Romans. That's why scientists use Dama as the genus name for the fallow deer.
