Desert Locusts in Culture
Owing to the destructive habits of locusts, they have been a representation of famine in many Middle Eastern cultures. This theme commonly occurs, such as in the movies The Mummy and The Bible. In the pre-oil era of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, locusts were considered as a food delicacy.
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Famous quotes containing the words desert, locusts and/or culture:
“Three people marooned on a desert island would soon reinvent politics.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“I heard the dog-day locust here, and afterward on the carries, a sound which I had associated only with more open, if not settled countries. The area for locusts must be small in the Maine Woods.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Anthropologists have found that around the world whatever is considered “men’s work” is almost universally given higher status than “women’s work.” If in one culture it is men who build houses and women who make baskets, then that culture will see house-building as more important. In another culture, perhaps right next door, the reverse may be true, and basket- weaving will have higher social status than house-building.”
—Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen. Excerpted from, Gender Grace: Love, Work, and Parenting in a Changing World (1990)