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English Usage and Its Ramifications

In five pages this research paper examines the rapidly spreading English language and the cultural effects of this increased usage...

Leslie Marmon Silko

notes, "Silko reveals that living in Laguna society as a mixed blood from a prominent family caused her a lot of pain. It meant b...

'Rational' Case Study

their beloved - not as a child abuser but as a victim of society who needed the help and guidance of his family rather than the co...

Caucasian and African American Interracial Marriages

in order to claim her white heritage she would essentially have to have her mother along to prove she was also Caucasian (Hubbynet...

A Globalization View

governments (405). For example, the terrorists attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City on September 11, 2001 caused "s...

Assimilation, Identity, and Jewish History

consistent throughout the centuries of the Diaspora. In order to remain Jewish, individuals could not adopt the customs of their h...

Sights and Culture of the Pow Wow

this perspective the pow wow evolved in accordance with trade needs. Native peoples and those Europeans that had invaded their la...

Color Perceptions from Cultural and Scientific Perspectives

Underneath those cell layers is a layer of brown melanin (Raxworthy, 2002). By opening and closing their melanophores, a term use...

Anthropology, the Western Pacific Trobriander Islanders, Bronislaw Malinowski and Male Bias

male bias. The purpose of using Malinowskis work as an example of the male bias which permeates both historical and contemp...

Cultural Statements in Frankenstein, Candide, and Tartuffe

dominance over his family. Tartuffe makes his entrance somewhat late in the play; however, by this point, his character has been t...

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...

Cultural Industries, Tensions, and Interrelationships

sources, but the need to compete and innovate to attract attention and income is similar. There are the presence of economies of s...

Globalization and Sociocultural Change

means by which to create such commodities faster, cheaper and within "laboratories or non-traditional environments" (Technology-Af...

Dropout Rates in High Schools

go to college in the first place. As is noted above, these choices, and the factors influencing them, can vary radically between ...

Nursing Profession and Hispanics

of the great need for Hispanic nurses which has been created by the growing Hispanic population, this occupational choice presents...

Ethnography Art

to these questions while lending considerable insights into how certain prejudices continue to be perpetuated in the twenty-first ...

Indigenous Peoples, European Colonization, and Ethnocentricity

This paper examines colonization by Europe in terms of indigenous group marginalization and cultural assimilation in 7 pages. Fou...

Hula Dancing and the Music of Hawaii

In ten pages this paper examines the American cultural influences of the hula and Hawaiian music. Ten sources are cited in the bi...

Oppression, Culture, and Education

In five pages education is examined in terms of cultural oppression and features two relevant texts including Pedagogy of the Oppr...

Great Britain's Concept of Empire

citizens by every means available. Most colonization takes place because the invading nation states that they do so in the foreign...

Medical Profession's Cultural Clashes in Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

far the most common cause of illness is soul loss"(Fadiman 8). What is most interesting about this book is that Fadiman...

Asians and Beliefs on Health

of the true nature of their illnesses. While keeping such facts from the patients may be considered merciful it does, at times, en...

Hospitality Industry According to Kluckhohn, Strodtbeck, and Hofstede

situations and how far they will go to create stability and masculinity/femininity, the extent by which society emphasizes asserti...

Eating Disorders and the Influences of Culture

The impact cultural influences have on eating disorders and those who are afflicted with them are examined in five pages. Six sou...

9 Forms of Nonverbal Communication

first defined by Edward Hall "in the 1950s and 1960s when he investigated mans use of personal space in contrast with fixed and se...

Lan Cao's The Monkey Bridge

The Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao and the cultural significance of the title are examined in 6 pages. One source is cited in the bibli...

Acquisitions and Cultural Merging

In nine pages this paper examines cultural mergers and acquisitions in an assessment of their impacts. Fourteen sources are cited...

Tower of London's History

In six pages the Tower of London is examined in terms of its history and its British cultural significance. Five sources are cite...

International Corporate Social Responsibility

In ten pages global corporate responsibility is examined in terms of various cultural perspectives with the actions and positions ...

Purnel's Model of Cultural Competence and Eskimo Death Rituals

Orr (2000), peoples closely related to Alaskan Eskimos occupy the vast expanse of the Canadian Arctic and Greenland, and to the we...