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Genders, Cultures, and Communication

field of child development have consistently found that this incongruous approach parents have toward their children begins at qui...

Researching Culture by Pertti Alasuutari

analysis" and then defines qualitative analysis as "reasoning and argumentation that is not based on statistical relations between...

Professional Service Provider Considerations Regarding Native American Culture

In eight pages this paper examines what professional service providers need to be culturally aware of when dealing with clients wh...

Technology and Culture

In five pages the connection between technology and culture is examined with a discussion of Auletta's The Highwaymen, Goodman's L...

Culture and Child Abuse

In five pages the African American community is considered in terms of the incidences of child abuse in other cultural comparisons...

Jewish Culture and Guilt in The Ghost Writer and Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

life, my only life, and Im living it in the middle of a Jewish joke! I am the son in the Jewish joke -- only it aint no joke!" (35...

Culture of Crete in Report to Greco by Nikos Kazantzakis

of the prolific writers inherent ability to pursue even the simplest of concepts. Not unlike his myriad other works, Kazantzakis ...

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...

The Peloponnesian War of Thucydides and Greek Culture

In four pages this paper examines the historical text on the Pelopponesian War by Thucydides in a consideration of the cultural di...

Chinese Culture and Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord

In five pages story is discussed in terms of the ways in which the protagonist's perceptions and actions reflect the author's own ...

US Pop Culture and the Star Wars Trilogy

a true sense of what is American pop culture, one needs only to venture into a childs bedroom. Since 1977, it is likely that ther...

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...

Indian Culture and the River Sutra's Healing Powers

In four pages this Indian myth is revealed as being more fiction than based in fact. There are no other sources cited....

Culture of Early Greece and the Value of Mathematics

In twelve pages this paper discusses the Greek cultural importance of mathematicians such as Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, and Pto...

Connection Between Rock Music and the 1970s' Drug Culture

In ten pages this paper examines the 1970s' counterculture in America and considers the link between rock music and drugs as evide...

Popular Culture and Sound Synthesizers

In six pages this paper discusses the historical impact of electronic music on popular culture. Four sources are cited in the bib...

Popular Culture and Rap Music

In ten pages this paper discusses the sociocultural impact of rap music in a consideration of the genre's history and development....

Nisei Daughter by Monica Stone, Stereotyping and Culture

victimization. If we could only understand one another, it is reasonable to assume that we would be able to work together within s...

Diet Drug Usage and the Influence of Pop Culture

In twelve pages this paper discusses how body image is emphasized in pop culture which led to the increased usage of diet drugs wi...

Review of Medicine and Culture by Lynn Payer and Kerr L. White

In three pages this text is reviewed as it compares medical system diversity in three European countries and the U.S. There are no...

Political Culture in Canada from 1870 to the Present Time

In ten pages several articles on Canada's Prairie West are reviewed as they relate to political culture and its development from 1...

A Personal View of The End of Victory Culture

In this five page paper the writer explores the book by Tom Engelhardt from a personal perspective. Insight is provided as to how...

English Culture Considered During a Visit to England

In nineteen pages this paper discusses the tradition and history of the English culture when on a trip to England, landmarks, Brix...

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...

Historical Influences Upon the Culture of Iran

In ten pages the cultural development of Iran is examined in a historical overview that includes Western, Islamic, and Persian inf...

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...

U.S. and Mexico Cultures Contrasted

In four pages the cultural differences that exist between the U.S. and Mexico are considered with an emphasis upon intercultural e...

Mexican-American Border Culture and Across the Wire by Urrea

died of exposure, eight of whom were babies and expired on Christmas Eve. While the garbage men were used to finding babies in the...

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 ...

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...