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'Emilie Plead Choose One Egg' by Paule Barton

In six pages this short story considers the author's diagnosis for what is ailing the Caribbean culture and how it can be cured as...

In God's Country 'So Far From God'

This is a paper consisting og 5 pages that features Ana Castillo's novel and supplements the analysis of environment and culture a...

Native American Ritual and Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko II

In five pages this paper considers the customs and rituals of Native American culture and their influence on child development as ...

Character, Setting, and Culture in 'A Pair of Tickets' by Amy Tan

In five pages this story featured in The Joy Luck Club is analyzed in terms of the connection that exists between characters and c...

Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee

not only by her circumstances, but by her issues of identification. Within her marriage to Prakash, her name is changed to Jasmin...

Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin

In two pages this paper discusses the themes of self identity and Black culture as they pertain to African American men as reflect...

Historical and Cultural Perspectives on William James' and Rene Descartes' Philosophies

In two pages this paper considers what impact history and culture had on the philosophies of William James and Rene Descartes. Tw...

Culture of the American South in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner'

In six pages this paper discusses the profound impact of the culture of the American South upon Emily Grierson in the short story ...

The Mask by Fumiko Enchi, Turn of the Screw by Henry James, and Gender

Enchis The Mask. The governesss crisis, as I read it, arises in her struggle to define herself (as we all must) in terms of the ga...

Adrienne Rich's Poetry

In eight pages this paper discusses the works of lesbian poet Adrienne Rich in a consideration of how she has influenced culture a...

1992 L.A. Riots and the Impact of Socioeconomics

makes South Central Los Angeles such a great place in which to examine whether pluralism is always a valid explanation of "who gov...

American Music History and the Development of Rap Music

In ten pages this paper examines the important American musical developments of hip hop and rap music culture. Eight sources are ...

The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow

In ten pages this paper analyzes the novel's presentations of the government, the social culture during the time period, the prota...

Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow

In five pages the major themes of this 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow are presented with an emphasis upon the linkage between culture...

Eastern Europe's Musical Cultures and the Effects of Modern Technology

Europe prior to the end of communism. In what was once Yugoslavia, for example, Belgrade was a center for rock and roll and popul...

Coe and Cuba's Pearl

Andrew Coe's Cuba, the Pearl of the Caribbean speaks of the beauty and history of the island. This paper examines the book, with e...

Native Tribes of South America

on the average, 2.5 times as many wives and three times as many children as those who have not. (Chagnoy, 1993). "These num...

Martinique's Culture

In ten pages this paper discusses the Caribbean country of Martinique in a consideration of its culture. Six sources are cited in...

Natural Law and Natural Rights

In six pages this essay discusses natural law and natural rights as considered by James Hutson in 'The Bill of Rights and the Amer...

Societal Roles and Differences Between Men and Women

In five pages this paper examines how time and culture have defined the social roles of male and female and formed expectations of...

Adolescence According to Jerome Kagen

In five pages this paper discusses Jerome Kagen's notion that adolescence begins in biology and ends in culture in terms of its al...

Self Esteem and Body Image

image particularly as it relates to sex and age. As suggested above, media plays a role in a culture besieged by messages of wha...

Gender Relationships Across Cultural Lines

Few things have changed as much as gender roles and expectations in the 20th century. This paper examines ideas on gender among va...

'Cultural Aspects of Women's Health Care' Article

respond to the American way of medicine. It seems only logical that a health care professional would consider at least some of the...

US' Under Class

most part while Democrats support it. Either way, the cycle of poverty is perpetuated. Taking away Welfare is like taking milk fro...

Judaism During the Renaissance

In five pages this examines the Renaissance period with the focus being upon Judaism's art and culture with the faith and treatmen...

Alchemy and Islam

In ten pages this research paper discusses the mysticism of Islamic alchemy and also examines its impact upon the culture of the W...

Islamic Culture and Women in So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba

focus in the Islamic groupings of Senegal. The two friends describe their lives in complicity and state things like "our lives de...

Christian Progression of Celtic Paganism

In five pages the literary progression from Celtic paganism to Christianity is discussed through the ways in which the emerginc cu...

Antibiotics Prescribing Without a Culture

In five pages this paper discusses the prescribing of antibiotics without a culture from an ethical perspective. Five sources are...