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'New' Russia and Its Power, Ideology, Military, and Policy

he pointed out that "Russias national identity is still evolving" and probably more importantly, "the new Russia is not the Soviet...

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...

Deaf People and Cultural Longing in Deaf in America by Carol Padden and Tom Humphries

that hearing people cannot comprehend. Their circumstances have made it necessary to develop their own form of communications. S...

Reproductive Technology and Identity

to be inferior (Chesterton, 1922). The idea behind this premise was to protect the American "identity" which in many ways was stil...

Identities in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as dark and as evil as could be imagined." This could perhaps be followed with a statement arguing that "this is exactly the case ...

The Identity of Adult Learners

In this paper that consists of five pages the identity acquired by adults through the learning process is examined within the cont...

Animal Consciousness, Physicalism, and Personal Identity According to Nagel and Locke

the only species that truly does not understand the depth and intensity that animals possess in their special consciousness. When...

Religious Beliefs of Indigenous Africans

having the "same" culture.4 The slave-trading colonial powers saw this vast territory as a single place, a single country occupied...

Global Corporate Identity of Nike

was tied to Asia (Labich and Carvell, 1995). Early in the companys history, Knight and a group of ex-athletes he had hired as top ...

Media Consumption, Identification, and Identity

individual identifies with the material, it may to some extent relate to identity, but it is the process of identification that is...

Naming Pedophiles

In sixteen pages this paper examines whether or not pedophiles should be shamed by having their identities revealed with the empha...

Social Identity and the U.S. Jewish Community

same beliefs and as such it is selective collectivism. Zionism is included within that group of schools of thought, here the idea ...

National Identity and How It is Constructed

relate to the historical process and detail of national identity; and those which approach the matter from a more theoretical pers...

The Waves by Virginia Woolf and the Nature of Individual Identity

that takes individual characteristics far from their origin but then allows them to flow back. At the same time, that identity fus...

Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Social Symbolism

In seven pages this research paper discusses how social symbols including class identities, consumption, housing, and speech are i...

Analysis of Identity of Meaning Theory

In two pages U.T. Place is one of the theorists considered in a discussion of the Identity of Meaning Theory with a contrast of th...

Using Vernacular to Reflect Self Image in Jean Toomer's Cane and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

In eleven pages this paper compares each author's uses of vernacular to reflect African American identity concept in their respect...

U.S. Democracy's Character

In four pages this paper examines the identity, character, and theory rooted in U.S. Democracy with references also made to the Am...

Overview of Gender Identity Disorder

In five pages the various theories involving gender identity disorder are analyzed and include patterns, occurrence, development, ...

Dissociative Identity Disorder and Child Sexual Abuse Link

In a comprehensive paper consisting of sixty five pages the history of disassociative identity disorder is examined as are its cau...

Influences of Gender and Parental Interaction on Behavior and Attitudes

et. al., 1997). Parental influence is a particularly strong influence in shaping the child and in determining the attitudes tha...

Attachment Theories of Margaret Mahler

In twelve pages this research paper examines the early childhood developmental theories of identity and attachment by Margaret Mah...

Adolescent Development

In seventeen pages the self concept and identity that develop during adolescence are discussed in terms of its influences along wi...

Self Esteem in Female Adolescents

notions of the men they are dating. However, even Winik appears to realize that this can be damaging to the self-esteem of the w...

Psychology of Divorce

In eight pages various psychological theories are applied to this examination of divorce that includes interpersonal relationships...

Does Switzerland Have a Neutral National Identity?

In eight pages this paper questions whether or not Switzerland's national identity is as neutral as it is purported to be. Five s...

The Color Purple by Alice Walker and Relationships

In five pages this paper examines how Celie's identity was molded by her relationships in Alice Walker's The Color Purple. There ...

Being Black and Being a Man in Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man' and Ernest Gaines' Gathering of Old Men

In ten pages this essay presents a comparative analysis of these works in a discussion of manhood as it relates to black identity ...

Analysis of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

In nineteen pages this paper analyzes the text in terms of the self identity search of the narrator and the author's notion of inv...

Identity and Trust Problems in 'Gorilla My Love' by Toni Cade Bambara

This short story by Toni Cade Bambara is examined in an analysis of identity and trust issues in a paper consisting of five pages....