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A Passage to India by E.M. Forster and Culture Wars

In eleven pages Forster's novel is examined in terms of its cultural elements. There are no other sources cited....

Leisure Pursuits, Cultural Practices, and Their Primary Motivation

In six pages this paper discusses how prestige is the motivating force for leisure pursuits and cultural practices with travel and...

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...

Five Cultural Dimensions Model of Geert Hofstede

workings of cultural reality, however, there are grand variances that separate one era from the next - and even one community from...

Cultural Analysis of the Corn Mother Myth

First Mother (PG). Kloskurbeh, the Great Uncle, taught humans what they needed to know, and also taught their children how to sur...

Disputing the Concept of Culture

characteristics that bring together every era and ethnicity in relation to how people culturally interact with members of their ow...

Will Ferguson's Generica and Jeremy Narby's The Cosmic Serpent

shamanistic view of life and found that there were significant correspondences between the view of molecular biologists and that o...

Caucasians and African Americans Communication Differences

however. Everyday functions of business are intimately tied to communication (Pincus PG, Gaplin PG). Communication is th...

Women in Labor and Pain Control's Cultural Aspects

pain and also in how nurses from various cultures perceive the pain of their patients. As this suggests, Weber (1996) provides a c...

Nature and Cultural Representation

the very essence of what it means to be a human being. These representations illustrate how and why a person acts the way he or s...

Overview of the Latino Family's Life Cycle

use of "Latino" and "Latina," which are Spanish words, have been viewed as more inclusive and politically correct (Delgado-Romero,...

Views in Cultural Anthropology

is accomplished via a cycle of war, ritual slaughter of pigs and subsequent regrowth of the pig population. This cycle typically t...

U.S. Culture and Societal Impacts of the Cold War

II. RELIVING THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE It has been argued that the end of the Cold War has made "obsolete...

Fair IQ Testing?

comprehension of subject matter, or even in the interpretation of the meaning of a simple sentence. Some of these variables may in...

Theories on Globalization

their own position in relation to the larger process. Tomlinson doesnt see that as a negative aspect when seen in conjunction with...

Social History and Sexuality

mentioned and courses taken were important enough in the society to warrant public attention to them. The account of this single ...

Forces of Influence and Critical Thinking

of literature is broad, and it also addresses all levels of education. But while critical thinking is a crucial factor in various ...

American and British Screenplays and Their Sociocultural Text

the constraints which the box-office places upon both screenwriters and directors is a major influence on American film, whereas t...

Comparing National Workplace Cultures of the U.S. and Japan

national culture then we can use examples which the student can expand upon. Hofstede identified five continuums which he used to ...

Saudi Arabia and Apple Computers

of extremely successful computers, which brought its U.S. market share back up to 10%. Overseas, it has maintained dominance, howe...

Children's Toys and Violence

In five pages this paper discusses the cultural and child effects of toys that are violent. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

The importance of coffee in social culture in the US

This paper looks at the relationship between coffee consumption and American cultural ideology. The writer explores coffee's histo...

Oral Traditions and Outside Resistance of the Hopi

In eight pages this paper discusses the Hopi culture in terms of its oral religious traditions as well as its steadfast resistance...

International Trade and Cultural Differences

with the Japanese is not the correct approach for the less formal and more tactile Italian culture. These may appear to be two ext...

Nursing and Its Cultural Aspects

In five pages the cultural aspects of the nursing profession are considered in a discussion that while Canadian and U.S. nurses mi...

Social Policy and Globalization Implications

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses social, cultural, and economic implications of globalization on social policy forma...

Cultural Diversity of the Philippines

In ten pages this paper discusses the long history and cultural diversity that is found in the Philippines. Eight sources are cit...

Sex, Drugs, Cultural Decay, and Larry Clark's Photography

In ten pages this paper examines controversial director Larry Clark's still photography with his films Another Day in Paradise and...

The Concept of Modesty in Islamic Tradition

This 20 page paper examines the concept of modesty in Islamic tradition, and the use of the hijab in this connection. The writer e...

Graffiti Artist Jean Michel Basquiat

In five pages this paper examines the universal cultural appeal of the art of Jean Michel Basquiat. Three sources are cited in th...