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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...

Jack Weatherford's 'Native Roots'

This is a book review consisting of 5 page that supports his belief that the basic constructs of society, culture, and politics in...

Native Indian Technology and In the Absence of the Sacred by Jerry Mander

This paper consists of five pages and presents a review of this texts as it portrays the impact of technology on Native American s...

'Anglo Indian Conflict' and Mary Rowlandson

In five pages this paper examines 'The Sovereignty and Goodness of God' by Mary Rowlandson in a consideration of how religion serv...

Mythopoetic Mind and Mythology

In four pages Mircea Eliade's definition of mythopoetic mind is considered as the concept relates to mythology, culture, and socie...

Analysis of the Dark Ages

In six pages the Dark Ages is analyzed in terms of life, language, culture, writing, and religion. Five sources are cited in the ...

Early to High Middle Ages' Transition

In three pages this paper examines changes in church influence, education, culture, and government during the early to high Middle...

Native American Religions, the Sacred Pipe, and Peyote

In five pages this paper discusses the major significance of peyote and the Sacred Pipe in the religious cultures of Native Americ...

The Vision of Black Elk

In five pages John Neihardt's Black Elk Speaks is discussed in terms of the ways in which Black Elk succeed in increasing public a...

Santa Claus Legend and its Origins

In ten pages this paper discusses the origins of the Santa Claus legend in American culture in a consideration of the good deeds o...

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...

'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...

Representing Cultural Attitudes in Art

In a paper that consists of fifteen pages the links between culture and society and performance art are explored. Fourteen source...

Contextual Approach to Media Criticism in 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws'

This is an historical research paper of 8 pages that discusses the impact these films had on popular culture, economics, technolog...

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...

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...

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 ...

Desai and Achebe A Comparison of Clear Light of Day and Things Fall Apart

5 pages 0 outside sources. This paper relates the major themes in Desai's Clear Light of Day and Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Thi...

The Blood Knot by Athol Fugard

In eleven pages the 1961 play is examined in terms of the effects of the culture and history of South Africa in its textual conten...

Kingship and Society in Sundiata

In three pages this African literary epic is examined in terms of its themes of kingship and society with topics including artisti...

Women at Point Zero by Nawal Sadawi

In three pages culture, sexuality, and feminism are considered within the context of Nawal Sadawi's Women at Point Zero. Two sour...

The Italian and the Dane or 'The Prince' vs. 'Hamlet'

pervasive throughout Elizabethan drama. In Shakespeares "Othehllo," Iago is often described as Shakespeares vision of the perfect ...

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...

Amy Tan's The Hundred Secret Senses, The Joy Luck Club, and Their Primary Themes

In six pages this paper discusses the themes of Chines culture, pride, and relationships between mother and daughter in a comparat...

Culture Problems in Black Critics and Kings by Andrew Apter and Writing Women's Worlds by Lila Abu Lughod

empower the people about which he wrote, providing them with the opportunity to liberate themselves from the oppressive government...

Transformation During 2 Centuries of the Qing Dynasty, from 1644 to 1844

In ten pages this paper examines the first 200 years of China's Qing dynasty in a consideration of how literature, society, and cu...

Chinese Female Immigrants

In a paper consisting of sixteen pages the generations of Chinese females who journeyed to America between the years of 1875 and 1...