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'Guest of the Sheik' by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

In five pages Fernea's story is analyzed in terms of social constructs that are gender based and considers the Eastern cultural ex...

The Summer After the Dark by Doris Lessing and Culture

In twelve pages Western society and cultural roles of women are discussed within the context of Lessing's novel with other critica...

Assimilation and Conflict in the Western Settlement

a progression of Indian emigration into the central plains and western regions of the country, based not only the movement of whit...

Popular Religion Conceptually Defined

In five pages this paper conceptually defines what is meant by popular religion in an historical overview of ancient Greece and We...

The Change in Africa's Dependence on Europe

9 pages and 7 sources. This paper considers the transformation of Africa in recent decades, including the emerging view of Africa...

Islamic Art and Its Influence

In eight pages the influence of Islamic art is considered in terms of religion and Western artistic forms. Ten sources are cited ...

Western Civilization's Decline According to Fyodor Dostoevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche

In 4 pages this paper considers how Nietzsche and Dostoevsky similarly believed Western Civilization was declining but viewed diff...

M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang and Cultural Illusions

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which this play reflects Eastern and Western philosophical conflict are examined in a...

Overview of Irish Screenplays

In eight pages Frank McGuiness' Someone Who'll Watch Over Me and J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World are examined in the...

Asia and Western Expansionism

The ways in which modernization in Asia was influenced by Western expansion are examined in five pages with references made to She...

Speech Patterns of Western Kentucky

In five pages this paper examines how affluence and race influences Western Kentucky's patterns of speech with William Labov's res...

Overview of Ethnomusicology

seen with a study on Chinese music by J van Aalst in 1884 and Japanese music with F T Piggotts Music and Musical Instruments of Ja...

The Depiction of Troy in The Iliad and in Film

is not identified as a goddess except for when a servant speaks to Achilles about the legends that have begun to be spun concernin...

Concept of Spirituality

from its past and divorced it from having any real sense of future. "The past becomes merely a theme park to visit occasionally fo...

Western Culture, Reason, and Faith

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Western culture is examined in terms of the relationship that exists between reason and faith thr...

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

This tale by Charles Dickens and its Christmas philosophy representation in Western culture are discussed in 5 pages. There are 7...

Construction and Engineering Genius of the American West's Hoover Dam

In ten pages this paper examines the western American contributions of the Hoover Dam in a consideration of its construction and e...

Credibility of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in Terms of the Black Experience

In 5 pages this paper argues that Douglass's literacy taints is portrayal of the black experience because of the Western ideology ...

Dante, Boccaccio, Sin, Gender, and Nature

Comedy reflects an effort to find a spiritual solution to that dilemma. Dante wrote this work -- or, in the language of the poem,...

Child Rearing Differences Between East and West

In eight pages Western individualism and Eastern collectivism are examined in a contrast and comparision of child rearing practice...

Western Civilization's Failure in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In 5 pages this paper examines how Western civilization's failure is conveyed by Joseph Conrad by the characterization of Kurtz in...

Greece and Rome Civilization Development

This paper consists of five pages and examines the Western civilization contributions of Greek and Roman development. There are n...

Sergio Leone's Influence in A Fistful of Dollars on the Directing and Acting of Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven

referred to as "The Man with No Name," although it is actually just plain Joe. Eastwoods character is a man of few words which ad...

Japan's Industrial Policies as Portrayed in Film

This paper examines a video on the topic of how Japan's Meiji government helped open the country to trade with Western countries. ...

Works of Treitschke, Kipling, and Remark on Nationalism

In six pages this paper discusses the fear factor of nationalism as considered in such literary works as All Quiet on the Western ...

Techniques of Breathing and Relaxation

In five pages this research paper discusses Western medicine's techniques of breathing and relaxation. Eight sources are cited in...

Western Urban Growth Resulting from the Transcontinental Railroad

In five pages this paper discusses how city expansion in the Western United States resulted from the Transcontinental Railroad. F...

Ludwig von Beethoven and His Influence

society normally associates with music (Bowen 9). While Bowen admits that this hypothesis may appear to be overstated, he points...

Resistance to Colonialism by Africans

In this paper consisting of five pages a unique perspective on African colonialism and the resistance to Western influence by the ...

West's Rise

a sort of capitalistic juggernaut that rolled over countries that had less military capability with incredibly ease. This commer...