Abstract
The paper provides a review of the 1967 film with an emphasis on how the chauvanism changes from the original Shakespeare play to the filmic version. The paper also goes through a general review of the film's sucesses and faults, paying attention to the traditional filmic elements and Zeffirelli's expertise.

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"Franco Zeffirelli's filmic version of the classic Shakespearean tale, "The Taming of the Shrew," bawds up the old chauvinistic tale and adds a dimension of glamour to it, though this dimension seems a bit hollow. The 1967 version of "The Taming of the Shrew" takes the Hollywood antics and silly emotional volatility of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and pits these two cinema giants, seemingly, against the rest of the movie. Franco Zeffirelli has a vision, however. Known for his scenic richness and classical subject matter (he directed the famous "Romeo and Juliet" of 1968, "Otello" in 1986, "Hamlet" in 1990 and "Jayne Eyre" of 1996), his..."

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Abstract
This paper discusses the premise of Stanford's book, "The Hunting Apes", which contends that early human social formations were predicated on the acquisition and sharing of meat. The paper explains how Stanford, after exploring the role of female and male apes as hunters and consumers of meat, arrived at the conclusion that the acquisition and sharing of meat contributed to a "might-makes-right" form of patriarchy.

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"Over the course of the last 100 years, consensus has varied greatly with respect to the emergence of mankind in Africa; especially with respect to temperament. These theories have met with everything from hearty praise to scornful denunciation; the book jacket to "African Genesis," published in the 1950's, includes the opinion of the New York Times: "The theories are wildly wrong." One of the most controversial subjects has been man's diet, and how that has had a bearing on the evolution of mankind. This is the subject of Craig Stanford's "The Hunting Apes," which portrays early human social formations as being predicated on the acquisition and sharing of meat."

Tags:meat-acquisition, theory, human, evolution, male, chauvanism, chimpanzees, patriarchy, primates, coalitions, forced, mating