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A History of Surf Music

This paper traces surf music from its beginnings in the 1950s through the present, discussing trends and artists. This fifteen pa...

Postmodern Music

In five pages Farmclub and Napster are featured in a consideration of technology's impact upon contemporary music. Four sources a...

Rhythm and Blues of the Nineties and Hip Hop's Influence

In seven pages this paper discusses how 1990s' rhythm and blues music has been socially influenced by hip hop. Six sources are ci...

Daphne Berdahl Where the World Ended Re-Unification and Identity in the German Borderland

The writer evaluates the Daphne Berdahl book Where the World Ended Re-Unification and Identity in the German Borderland. The paper...

Hula Dancing and the Music of Hawaii

In ten pages this paper examines the American cultural influences of the hula and Hawaiian music. Ten sources are cited in the bi...

Self Discovery According to Henrik Ibsen and Samuel Beckett

eye-opening realization that throughout her life, the men that ruled over her, first her father and then her husband, never actual...

Masculine Identity in Literature Questions Answered

close, as truly intimate with his wife as he is with this group of friends. Nick does not run away from his responsibility, but th...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Sports

Antinoos and Eurymakhos, presided" (IV 654-657). In this way, sports is used as competition for a womans hand in marriage. The c...

Women and the Impact of the Media

Council Chairman Dr. Ian Bogle claimed that there is a cult of "bodily perfection" that is perpetuated by media (2000). Recommenda...

A Comparison of A Man For All Seasons and Antigone

enemies, and what to the encroachments of those he loved.... At length he was asked to retreat from that final area where he locat...

Biography of Bob Marley

his genre, but his music made pop charts in the United States. He was able to break through barriers that other musicians could no...

Three Plays by Federico Garcia Lorca

another side of his work that illustrates Lorcas sexual instinct: dealing with conflict between human beings. The exact manner in...

Musical and Libretto Contributions of Wolfgang Mozart's The Magic Flute

chords (Osborne 327). This opera is quite famous for containing a great deal of Masonic symbolism, although Osborne stresses that ...

Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness and Race Relations by Brian Ward

post-World War II African-American music was growing up and into the mainstream, the white mainstream, of American consciousness. ...

Music and Brotherly Love in Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

to try heroin in the first place. To him it must equate with a death wish. The irrationality of Sonnys habit is quite evident at t...

EU and Cultural Identity Issues

this exemplifies the common purpose and historical links which unite the countries of Europe and demonstrates that there are more ...

'Rainbow' Piano Etude 5 by Gyorgy Ligeti

music, and then with Stockhausen (Whiteall, 1977). In 1956, many of the younger composers were moving away from serialism in favo...

Life and Identity of Benjamin Franklin

He so appreciated having the strength of faith present in his life that, like most others, Franklin freely expressed his gratitude...

College Aesthetic in 'Lumpy Gravy' by Frank Zappa

far more closely aligned to the established traditions of the avant garde in Europe. It is not too far of a reach to even refer to...

Advertising and Celebrities

In six pages the argument is presented that using celebrities in product advertising does not provide the advantages it previously...

Classical versus Romantic Music and Meaning

like the painters and poets of this era, they subordinated emotional expression to an accepted standard of "rules" of form.2. Th...

Northern Frye on Canada's Political, Social, and Cultural Structure

individuals interaction not only with their cultural background and heritage but also with the social construct of such phenomena ...

Overview of Experimental Feminist Poetry

Hunt conveys her message in a type of rapid New York "urban speak," which is specifically intended to jolt the readers passivity. ...

Culture, Identity, and Roots in the Writings of Louisa May Alcott, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe

society as a whole had become better educated by the mid-19th century, a new market presented itself for stories, regional sketche...

Classrooms, Technology, and Education

which methodologies are the most useful in terms of fully utilizing technology in the classroom and which areas may be better left...

African American and the Sociological Aspects of Rock and Roll

the academics, he is attempting to communicate the truths to both sides of the issue. In addition, when we understand that, acc...

Issues of Multiple Identity as They Relate to Nationalism and Individualism

both a person who is unique in his own right and a member of society. It seems that individualism as a concept...

Finance and the Music Industry

In five pages this paper examines the music industry in an application of finance theoretical principles. Four sources are cited ...

Robert A. Orsi's Madonna of 115th Street and Catholic Identity

reader see that the various gestures and postures of the people, as well as the kinds of prayers said, and the way in which they w...

An Analysis of The Blood Knot

A 22 page analysis of the play by Athol Fugard. The emphasis is one the various aspects of identity that permeate the play. The ...