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An Irish Art Interpretation

In eight pages Patrick Hennessy's postwar surreal painting is examined in terms of meaning and in an exhibition setting with a dis...

Computer Anxiety and Gender Differences

In six pages this paper discusses how computer anxiety may be gender based with a consideration of 3 studies in which a correlatio...

American Society

In a paper of three pages, the author considers the nature of the American society in relation to cultural diversity. Though the ...

"Barrio Boy" by Ernesto Galarza

Boy," he offers fascinating insight into the social culture of life for immigrants in the Mexican barrio of Sacramento during the ...

Professions and Disciplines by Daniel Rossides

deals with knowledge about how knowledge itself develops. From this starting point, Rossides goes on to discuss a brief history of...

Consumerism and Global Studies

products in a home come from a number of different countries across the globe. What is interesting to note, though, is that indiv...

A Native American Widow in an Interview One-On-One

of a different race. A student can use this process to quickly come to the realization that individual behavior and relationships ...

Violence, Conflicts, Contact

In five pages culture and contact, a conflict that often escalates into violence, are examined with references to three books Jiha...

History and Effects of Disease

Human beings, like all animals are directly impacted by the ravages of disease. In our modern high-tech world it is...

Chinese Americans, A Cultural Assessment

in the 1960s a new wave of immigrants resulted. Since the early 1970s, roughly 250,000 "Chinese intellectuals, scientists and engi...

Nursing a Muslim Patient

different ways, In communication a starting point is the presence of verbal and non verbal communication. Different cultures may h...

"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner

reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...

Moral Decision Making

the consequences. Gender role was also explored. Gender role refers to the degree of femininity men have and the degree of masculi...

China and India

century was an important turning point for Chinese history, as this event forced the incorporation of China within the world syste...

Spanglish

Whether mainstream America is aware of it or not, Spanglish is a growing...

Cultural Influences on Attitudes to Schizophrenia

have on patient outcomes. It was found patients from the Mexican American families, where there was a lower level of EE were also ...

An Outsider’s Experience at an Apostolic Pentecost Church

Religion can be one of the biggest defining factors in culture. Some religions are radically different than others even in...

MYTHOLOGY AND HUMAN HARDSHIP

no lack of literature about how gods and goddesses (goddesses, especially) are linked with death. The Greeks - Artemis, Niobe, Fer...

Middle Ages

Ages were a time of intense emotion. Every event brought intense feelings and the people expressed those feelings as a child might...

Contemporary Reflections on Moral Objectivism and Moral Relativism

This paper considers the actions of the US military in regard to cultures that deviate from the Western ideas of right and wrong. ...

Influences of a Multicultural Environment and Merger and Acquisition

The writer examines the practice of merger and acquisition in a multicultural environment, discussing the influence of culture. T...

Samurais, 2 Books

This essay pertains to two texts that relate samurai culture, The Last Samurai by Mark Ravina and Bushido, the Way of the Samurai,...

Dollar Stores

This essay discuses two of the stores that are in the 'dollar' store retailing segment - Dollar General and Dollar Tree. A brief d...

Gender and Sport in American Society

The ideological and political representation of sports are on some level the same for both men and women in that sports are part o...

Incorporating Ethics and Social Responsibility

Ethics and social responsibility need to be a focus in the organizational culture. People just know that this organization abides ...

Changing Meanings - Reconsidering Advertising Texts Regarding Beauty

The writer looks at two advertisements supplied by the student, designed to appeal to men with a dating agency providing contacts ...

Governance Considerations for Expansion of a US University into China

The culture and governance in the US and China are very different. The writer looks at the way these may impact on higher educatio...

The Difference between Perceived and Real Cultural Understanding

Using a scenario provided by the student where an Australian teacher is tutoring a South African student in a higher education set...

Crisis and Management Responses

that Paraskevas,(2006) argument that if an organization is a living system, it will create the conditions that will enable differe...

Personhood and Western Values

In a paper of four pages, the author reflects on the views of individuals within ac culture, focusing on impacts of western ideals...