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Paule Marshall's Brown Girl, Brownstones and Developmental Identity

the eyes of a child. Something too old lurked in their centers. . . . She seemed to know the world down there in the dark hall and...

Worldviews and Storytelling

their lives more worthwhile. Conspicuously absent in this story is the weak and fragile persona; instead, Hurstons account ...

Internet, Computers, and Global Issues

to create problems, while others are out to do damage (Adams, 2000). There is in fact a debate on the ethics of hacking as there a...

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...

Identity Development by Humans

In these instances, states Erikson, if the mistrust is severe enough the child will give up ever having his needs met and may inte...

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...

Identity According to Risieri Frondizi and David Hume

they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...

Great Britain and the Debate Between National Identity and Multiculturalism

in universities" (Higham, 1999, p. 143). It is not conceptualized in Great Britain, as it is in the US as a blueprint for society....

National Identity of Japan and Globalization's Impact

become the most stable and accepted form of economic union. However, Nobuo states that "after reflecting on our past" and the inst...

'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...

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...

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....

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Identity

In five pages this paper examines the theme of a personal identity quest as it relates to the novel by Lewis Carroll. There are 6...

William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, Colonialism, and Irish Identity

In eight pages this paper discusses how colonialism has shaped Irish identity in a comparative analysis of some poems by W.B. Yeat...