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Gender, Politics and Islam Edited by Saliba, Allen, and Howard

significance of networks in formulating that identity (Meyer 424). The specific topics covered are diverse. For example, Hegland a...

Psychology and the Effects of Dreams According to Sigmund Freud

time, as well as from his genius. Background on Freud and his era Freud was just over 40 when he conceived of writing this text,...

Employee Motivation

of Needs.) One of the most important human needs, and one that is extremely important in motivating employees, is praise. "Prais...

Posting Responses to the Positions of Michael Moore and Barry Glassner

killer bees were responsible for an attack in Tipton, Oklahoma. They are currently in six Southwestern states and they are dangero...

Using Mass Media to Argue for Gun Control

incidence of fire breaking out during operations. In one of ABCs 20/20 episodes in 1998, the audience was cautioned that this ha...

Juvenile Gangs and Sociocultural Forces

understand that theirs is a life of devastating poverty and extreme hardship, a life which bears little resemblance to that most o...

Southwest Airlines Report Analysis of Investment, Valuation, and Capital Structure

socks and stockings, they have delivered the pre-flight safety information to a rap beat. One pilot reportedly told passengers, "...

Society and Ethics of the Individual

In four pages this paper examines society within the context of personal and professional ethics and how they shape both culture a...

Medieval Cultural Influence of The Apocalypse of St. John and Illuminated Glory

survive from this "last and most extraordinary expansion of the medieval Apocalypse cycles" (Lewis, 1995, p. 1). Illustrated Gothi...

Nursing Practice and the Opposition of Euthanasia

lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...

Los Angeles Literature

Chandler was famous for his evocative descriptions of L.A.; the heat and light, the flowers, traffic, noise and above all the vivi...

Los Angeles and Its Cinematic Images

to do is wait and persist and she will eventually love him. While Tod is also not successful in his goal, he realizes that the cul...

Texas and Illinois Governmental Differences

even to this day (Ginsberg et al, 2001). There really is no "common political culture," and this is a state of huge economic diver...

Early Twentieth Century Gender Perceptions

observers of Indian culture more, the implications of homosexuality inherent in the berdache tradition or the idea that individual...

Organizational Strategic Communication

that by the late 1990s, there had been little work in the area of management communication. Bargiela-Chiappini and Nickerson (200...

Okonkwo and the Minor Characters in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

it was meant to preserve" (Achebe 33). Ezeudus point is that customs do change and that the practice was consciously altered by th...

The Art of Airplanes

the Blackbirds were retired by the early 1990s, though a few of them flew until later in the decade. But the F-18 is still very m...

Nigerian Yoruba and Hindu Myths Regarding Creation

The Yoruba gods Olorun, Orunmila, Obatala, Olokun, and Eshu alike have many powers. The Hindu gods, in turn, represent the concep...

Salesmanship and Global Applications

In six pages this paper discusses salesmanship in terms of its various principles and how globalization necessitates accommodation...

Color Symbolism

Color One author suggests that "It was to be expected that as primitive man developed the weaving art, the introduction of ...

Comparative Analysis of Art Sculptures

In five pages a comparative analysis of two sculptures from different cultures and time periods are examined with the ancient Gree...

Chicago's Greek American Community

certain amount of time, as their primary goal was to take their earnings back home and live the life of luxury. Indeed, there was...

Describing a Trip to England

This 42 page paper discusses four different aspects of England and English culture: the transportation system, the relationship be...

Communicating Facial Expressions and Cultural Differences

In nine pages eye contact and smiling are among the facial forms of communication that are discussed in a consideration of cultura...

Feminist Movement, Middle Eastern Women, and Gender Discourse

In twelve pages the regions of Iraq, Palestine, and Jordan are examined in a discussion of gender discourse and the feminist movem...

Que Vivan Los Tamales Food and the Making of Mexican Identity by Jeffery M. Pilcher

as their identifying factor not because they chose it, but because that was all the fickle soil would harvest. During a time when...

Overview of the Philistines

In five pages this six century period examines the Philistine culture, people, and hatred for the Israelites. Ten sources are cit...

Japan and Juvenile Delinquency

In nine pages Japan's youth culture his historically considered in a discussion of juvenile delinquency with East and West social ...

Nigeria, Egypt, and Women of Islam

In eleven pages this paper examines Egypt and Nigeria in terms of the roles of Islamic women and the ways in which their protectiv...

Indigenous Women's Roles

In five pages this research paper examines the social roles of women in Native American indigenous cultures. Three sources are ci...