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Female Circumcision, Tradition or Mutilation

Europe, and North America (Kluge 1993). Parents may use traditional practitioners or seek medical facilities to reduce the morbidi...

Whale Hunting and its Significance to the Makah Culture

In nine page this paper examines the cultural importance as well as the controversies surrounding the Makah tribal practice of wha...

Autobiographies of African Olaudah Equiano and American Benjamin Franklin

the letter pulls the reader into the familiar structure of the book, and creates the continued expectation of familiar concepts, n...

Japan Business, Infrastructure, and Competitiveness

In ten pages this report considers industry and business in Japan with the emphasis upon competition with a discussion of politica...

Root Cause of the Asian Economic Crisis

In seven pages this research paper considers the role of current econometrics that do not factor cultural variables into the equat...

Jordan's Banking Industry and Organizational Issues

In five pages this paper discusses Jordan's banking industry in a discussion of organizational structure and cultural variations. ...

African Literature's Oral Culture and Tradition

In five pages this paper examines the oral cultural traditions of Africa in a short story analysis of 'Talk' recounted by Courland...

US v. Ghana Comparison of Nonverbal Communications

In five pages the cultural influences that impact upon nonverbal communiations of the US and Ghana are examined in a discussion of...

Cuban and Haitian Boat People in the US and Ethnic Tensions

In five pages this paper discusses the tensions that exist in America resulting from the Haitian refugees and Cuban Marielitos or ...

Article on US' 'Melting Pot' Identity

In three pages this essay considers an article that argues that there has never been cultural homogeneity in the US. There is no ...

U.S. Society and Multicultural Identities

In four pages this paper discusses American cultural and society adaptability means employed by a variety of ethnic leaders. Six ...

Caribbean Blacks and Educational Attitudes

In twenty pages Caribbean blacks are examined in terms of their educational attitudes in a discussion of plans for education in or...

Confucianism in Japan and China

and inferior persons in the strictest possible sense (Hane 27). In China, the emphasis on the father and son relationship tended...

Self Concept Development in the United States and Japan

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how cultural definition of success, raising children, social environment, religion, and myth...

Festive and Ceremonial Attire of Native Americans

In nine pages this paper examines the clothing styles of Native Americans in a consideration of cultural influence and the primary...

Culture and the Mortuary Practices of Native Americans

In thirty pages this paper discusses the cultural importance of Native American mortuary practices and burial rituals. Sixteen so...

Ashantee and the Gold Coast by John Beecham

In ten pages John Beecham's 1841 anthropological study featuring West Africa's Ashantee tribe is examined in terms of 3 examples o...

Overview of the Latino Culture

In eight pages this paper considers what is meant by the description Latino in a cultural overview of what it encompasses. Seven ...

Minority Group Consisting of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

In eight pages this research paper argues that Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals represents a group that should be classified a...

Culture, Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces

In five pages the contemporary world application of Hartshorne's centripetal and centrifugal force theories is offered along with ...

European Settlers and the Impact of Indian Culture

In six pages this paper discusses the colonial cultural impact of the Aztec and Mayan Indians. Fifteen sources are cited in the b...

Diversity According to Indo Americans

In seven pages the concepts of cultural identity and discrimination are examined from the Indo American perspective with a true me...

Historical Context of the Female Breast

In seven pages this paper examines the female breast in a consideration of issues such as breastfeeding and its cultural, psycholo...

Mainland Puerto Rican Migration

part of the United States. This means that Puerto Ricans -- whether born on the island or the mainland -- are U.S. citizens. "To t...

How Arabian Women are Beginning to Overcome the Barriers Imposed by Tradition

In a paper consisting of six pages the ways in which Middle East women are at last transcending traditional cultural barriers and ...

Life and Works of Augustine of Hippo

In five pages this paper discuses the life and Western religious and cultural contributions of Augustine of Hippo which includes C...

Assimilation of Ethnic Groups and its Flaws

In seven pages this research paper discusses the flawed mainstream cultural assimilation of ethnic groups in this process examinat...

'Passing' and the Harlem Renaissance

hiding ones true race be significant? Two points must be made in order to answer this question. First, the literature of the Harl...

Music of Japan

the musical activities performed in Japan (Futoransky 38). A study of the history of Japanese music reveals that Japan has always ...

Korean Americans

In five pages this paper discusses the difficulties of Korean assimilation in America in a consideration of language, racial, and ...