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American Cultural Contributions of Elvis Presley

latter, which was written by singer/songwriter James Taylor, became a staple of Elviss extensive musical ensemble, performed at vi...

Mary Pipher's The Middle of Everywhere and Reflections of Refugees

formal education" (Pipher 334). As Pipher points out refugees (and other immigrants) are often doctors, professors, engineers, etc...

Culture of Mexican Americans

The irony of the great American dream becomes quickly apparent. Never-the-less, Mexicans continue to seek that dream as a means o...

Culture and Science Conflict

formed a Native American Heritage Commission to attempt to police the digs (Sacred Burial Grounds: The Controversy Continues, 1992...

Modern Native American Literature and Cultural Conflict

Native American literature is interesting both in content and in the fact that it is a relatively recent phenomena. Native Americ...

Cuban American Community and Assimilation

the beginning of our history. According to popular belief, the U.S. has actually been more successful than other countrie...

Judith Ortiz Cofer's Silent Dancing

two worlds, the tropical island and the cold city, and which would later surface in my dreams and in my poetry" (Cofer 1990, 15). ...

Native American Literature

especially true in Love Medicine, where the abandoned son attempts to brew a love medicine for his grandfather. However, he gets s...

American and British Screenplays and Their Sociocultural Text

the constraints which the box-office places upon both screenwriters and directors is a major influence on American film, whereas t...

3 American Authors and Perspectives on Forced Cultural Assimilation

family depicted in this book after all represents a rather blas? view of America. On closer consideration, however, it becomes ap...

Multicultural Person and Sociology

has the lovely olive skin and dark thick glossy hair so apparent in her Kiowa people. Some of Pamelas in-laws, especially the old...

Comparative Analysis of Cherokee and Appalachian Native American Cultures

quite unique as well and has played a significant role in shaping various aspects of the culture. Three parallel belts of distinc...

Cultural Impacts of Jimi Hendrix and His Music

of the most integral components of human expression. We must admit that the role of Hendrixs art and the precise type of impact i...

Education and Native Americans

programs exist with the purpose of offering health-care services to this population specifically. Many more improvements have b...

American Families v. Chinese Families

the woman more "desirable" and therefore more likely to marry and not be a burden on her family any longer (Family Structure, 2003...

African American Poet Langston Hughes

he foretold in this little piece written long before his name became a beloved household word"....

American Icon Superman

insightful perspective of Superman, an understanding of Engles essay is essential. He reiterates the story of Superman, as who is...

Article on Conflict in Classroom, a Critique

stations. They practiced karate moves on the new carpets. Some of them even learned how to read, but none of them as quickly as ...

Cecelski's Along Freedom Road

those societal institutions, such as schools and churches, which had grown out of the post-slavery era and reflected black cultura...

Political Power, Supernatural Rituals and Anthropology

in society provide numerous functions while at the same time explaining mans origins and how man relates with nature. Many of the ...

Native Americans and Africans Compared

members of particular racial and ethnic groups which are often compared in relation to the majority or dominant group within the p...

Group Work and Alderian Therapy

to move beyond only the routine approach to group work, she still provides an overview of group counseling theory as a foundation....

Film American Pie and Sex

just not appeal to me....Yes, the movie does have that somewhat annoying trait of finding gut-wrenching humor in the very existenc...

Pyramide du Louvre by I.M. Pei

controversial as the actual building. (An adjective often preceding his name is "iconic.") For one thing, the idea that an America...

Differing Views on Native American Distinctions

the historical record to present well-documented evidence that Native Americans did indeed have not only an opinion but an express...

'The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven' and 'Smoke Signals'

This 7 page paper compares Alexie's 1993 book with the Chris Eyre 1998 book that was inspired by the film and its representation o...

Cultural Effects of Negro Spirituals

and so realize their place in the world. Such was the convoluted logic of pre-Civil War America. However, the spirituals were much...

Cultural and Political Autonomy Preservation Struggles of Native American Leaders

the Europeans who had invaded Native American lands. The English to whom we most often attribute the negativities of history in r...

Identity and American Assimilation in My Antonia by Willa Cather and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

the daughters have difficulty understanding their mothers past lives and their perspectives on their daughters lives. The daughter...

African American Slaves and Their Cultural Dislocation

the initial feeling which overcame the slaves which was that "at some moment, all ones imprecations, all ones pleas to ancestors, ...