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The Importance of Ancestry in 3 Canadian Poets' Works

The Jewish Canadian heritage which figures prominently in the poetic works of A.M. Klein, Miriam Waddington and Irving Layton is t...

Contemporary Literature and Chicano Culture

In seven pages the celebration of Chicano heritage found in texts by Hinojosa, Galarza, Anaya, and Rivera is examined. There are ...

Martial Art of Capoeira

In a paper consisting of twenty three pages the culturally complex Capoeira martial art is examined in terms of its Afro-Brazilian...

There is No Longer a Melting Pot in America

In a paper that consists of five pages it is argued that the melting pot scenario that involves all heritages, races, and religion...

An Analysis of the Film, Sankosa

This paper examines the relevance of the film, Sankosa, and others like it that focus on African-Americans holding onto their heri...

African Culture and Ideology and Its Impact Upon African Americans Past and Present

In this paper consisting of six pages the 'Africanness' thread that continues to link contemporary African Americans to their past...

A Look at Chaco National Park

life. The Chacoans farmed the lowlands and built great masonry buildings connected by a network of roads. Pueblo Bonito, the cen...

Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee 20 Years Later

In five pages Jyoti/Jasmine/Jane's letter to her daughter who is now an adult is presented in terms of explanation as to why she l...

Europe and the Protestant Reformation

In five pages this paper examines how Europe's sociopolitical structure was impacted by the Protestant Reformation in a considerat...

Countee Cullen's 'Heritage' and African American Ancestry Perceptions

widely differing cultures. The very first line of "Heritage", a line that asks "What is Africa to me", reveals the nature of the ...

Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje

In three pages this paper examines Ondaatje's biographical text and examines how he reconnected with his heritage after distancing...

Heritage and Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje

sense of being that is clearly portrayed within his work. "I witnessed everything. One morning I would wake and just smell thing...

Chinese Higher Education and Chinese Heritage

for Youth Research in Shanghai, recognizes the changing status of Chinese children, remarking that fathers now treat their childre...

'Faceless City' and Immigrants

In 6 pages this paper examines the contemporary lack of roots with regional identity loss in a consideration of immigrants and the...

Donald Duk by Frank Chin

In five pages this paper examines the novel's representation of the Chinese heritage as perceived by an eleven year old boy. Ther...

Opposing Interracial Adoption

In five pages this paper argues against the practice of interracial adoption, citing lost heritage, white privilege, and racism as...

The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday

such as the coyote tales which are only told in winter. Not only is the story repeated according to the inflections, drama and hu...

Overview of the Low Country Cuisine of the American South

meals of the items they had on hand. In earlier times a person could not necessarily go to the market and procure any type of foo...

Aspects of the Multiple Heritage Seen in Africa

born in Kenya, educated in Britain and currently teaching at Binghamton University, New York knows of what he studies (Binghamton,...

Economic Values, Heritage, and Nonheritage Developments

poor areas also tend to suffer from social problems such as high crime rates and deterioration of the infrastructure, this may als...

Identity and Relationships Between Mothers and Daughters in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

back from their daughters until they felt they were ready to understand. The second two sections of the book are from the daughter...

Classifying Races and Blood Quantum Policy

one-drop rule to the complex fractions used to claim tribal membership; race, culture, and heritage, have always been used inconsi...

A 911 Sociological Analysis

Whether or not the charge regarding globalization is true is besides the point. The people feel that way and are perhaps angered t...

'How to Remember the Forgotten War' by Stanley Weintraub

inadequacies compiled by Weintraub is impressive. While Weintraub portrays the US as narrowly avoiding another "Dunkirk" -- tha...

Eban and Wetmore's Promised Land

If one considers Ebans work from the perspective of cultural analysis, it immediately becomes apparent that Jewish culture, unlike...

Catholic Italian Culture

of all immigrants. Borrowing from their special talent with food, Italians grace the country with their wonderful cuisine and jov...

French Canadian Heritage and the Nationalist Movement of Quebec

extreme, only because it is about secession. Similar to the South in the United States, separatists want to break from the larger ...

Theatrical Reflections of U.S. Multicultural Heritage

Multicultural performing arts range across all spectrums of the ideological rainbow. There are essentially no boundaries to the m...

Romans 4:1-14 Exegesis

Paul was a tax collector for the Romans in fact, he was one of the most successful and he was brutal (See Acts 9:1-2). It was on o...

Can A Sense Of National Unity Be Constructed Through Cultural Policy?

even simply a shared feeling of community which is aided by a common enemy. The increased fragmentation that has been seen today ...