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Essays 1591 - 1620

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). ...

Portugal, the United States, and Business Law

similar in many ways, but there are also differences. It should also be noted that the UCC is not valid in the state of Louisiana....

'Amerka, Amerka' by Anton Shammas

(ICA), Shammas was literally forced to view some "nature" while in the Southwest, which resulted in what sounds like a miserable t...

Culture and Science Conflict

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

Body Image Perceptions and Western Society

is essentially a rejection of the traditional values and argues for an "authority of our own experiences" (Bordo, 1993, 283). In p...

The Urban Evolution of Paris

the Right Bank, this traditional barrier had to be extended by another structural wall in the fourteenth century (Diefendorf, 1991...

Library Science Challenges

Libraries need to respond to those challenges by initiating programs that will cater to the needs of present and future users, in ...

Cultural Assimilation in From Out of the Shadows by Vicki L. Ruiz and Unbound Voices by Judy Yung

Ruiz would have been fully capable of portraying the various moods of Mexican-American and Asian-American culture in the facilitat...

19th and 20th Century Development of Russia

the wealthy. Many were secretly considering an end to Tsarist rule. A small attempt at revolution by the Decemberists sought to de...

Pros and Cons of the Renaissance Era

In five pages the Renaissance's cultural revolution is one of the topics discussed in this consideration of what a person who elec...

African Culture and Ideology and Its Impact Upon African Americans Past and Present

In this paper consisting of six pages the 'Africanness' thread that continues to link contemporary African Americans to their past...

Galatians 6:17, Paul's Epistle

educational influence on his way of thinking. In this way, he is establishing a basic parameter from which to discourse on the dif...

Thucydides' Views of Sparta and Athens

In a paper consisting of 10 pages the ways in which Thucydides depicted Sparta and Athens in terms of their cultural and social sy...

Reviewing The Souls of Black Folks by W.E.B. DuBois

In five pages the message and the influence of the cultural environment in which the text were written are discussed. There are n...

Global Culture and the Impact of the Aryan Race

and America was just the place for which they were searching. However, when they arrived onto the Native American soil, they turn...

Taking Steps Toward Organizational Change

This may be true, but it depends on the type of change that is being sought. If the change is one that is a large one in totality,...

TV Comparisons of Friends and Three's Company

democrat and one-time peanut farmer Jimmy Carter became president, there were significant differences in attitudes among the older...

History and Architecture of Chihuahua Cathedral

In twelve pages the ways in which the Chihuahua cathedral's history and architecture represents its community's cultural and spiri...

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...

Culture of Mexico and Inferiority Perceptions

In six pages this paper discusses Leopoldo Zea's perceptions on Mexican cultural inferiority. Three sources are listed in the bib...

Japan's Infant Mortality Rates

In 5 pages this paper examines how infant mortality in Japan has declined due to a variety of cultural, economic, and social reaso...

Greek Culture and the Original Olympic Games

of the Games. Whether they existed before that year is unknown, and there was debate many years ago as to whether 776 BC could be...

Ethics Case Study

In five pages customs and a foreign country's treatment of women are explored in this case study that takes a memorandum style reg...

Stereotyping and Discrimination

In twelve pages this paper discusses how cultural stereotypes lead to incorrect assumptions that are discriminatory. Nine sources...

Racism and Culture Defined in 'The Souls of Black Folk' by W.E.B. Du Bois

to keep at least a semblance of their culture together. In fact, there has been somewhat of a movement to restore black culture in...

Communicating Upwards

This 10 page paper describes how messages are commuicated upwards in cultures. It assesses situations in which both the power dist...

The Unpopular Affirmative Action

In this paper consisting of four pages it is argued that cultural racism deeply embedded in American society required the necessit...

Cubans and Mexicans in the United States A Perspective Comparison

In 8 pages the Hispanic conditions as they relate to Cubans and Mexicans are considered first during the 1800s and then in terms o...

Theories of Anthropology

In a paper consisting of seven pages Emile Durkheim's functionalism, Julian Steward's cultural anthropology, and Franz Boas's psyc...

Death and Eskimo Rituals

In six pages the Eskimo death ritual is examined within the context of Purnell's Model for Cultural Competence. Seven sources are...