Briefly, I would define meta-culture as a systems approach to the problem of human culture, both generally defined as a theoretical and central anthropological concept, and defined in an applied and methodological sense in the various forms that metacultural application might take.
General Tom Thumb. Charles Sherwood Stratton (January 4, 1838 â July 15, 1883), better known by his stage name General Tom Thumb, was a little person who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P.T. Barnum. 1 Childhood and early life.
Tom thumb goes by several names, with Tom Thumb and Dan Doodle being two most widely used. Iâve also seen it called Tommy T., Tommie Doodle, and Tom Dandy. From what I have found, Tom Thumb is the name used in North Carolina, while in Southern Virginia a sausage of the same kind is called a Dan Doodle. Vivian confirms this: âI think that itâs a regional thing. In our part of North Carolina itâs tom thumb. I asked Vivian if she knew the origin of the name.