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African Literature and the Importance of Generational Values

are eradicated by the arrival of Christian missionaries (Achebe 1994). Chimamanda Adichies "The Purple Hibiscus" tells a story si...

Jazz History, African Influences

This research paper offers a discussion of literature pertaining to the early history of jazz and the African influences that play...

"Last Night I Sang to the Monster": A Psychoanalytic Reading

things from the conscious mind (Boeree 2006). For Freud, personality and behavior results almost solely from interpsychic tensions...

Overtone Throat Singing in Southern Siberia

This paper provides an overview of the distinctive singing style found in Tuva. There are five sources listed in this five page p...

Analysis of Maria Callas, Suicidio

demonstrates her abilities a great dramatic coloratura soprano. A coloratura soprano is known for her ability to engage in agile l...

The Physics Involved in Singing

individual, according to otolaryngologist Scott Kessler (Rist). Furthermore, human vocal cords also resembles that of other specie...

Sung Period Women of China

writer, for this, relied primarily on both pictorial representations of the period (through highly stylized paintings) and writing...

Success of China's Sung Dynasty

scholarly achievement (Ebrey, 1993). The Sung dynasty is often compared to the Tang dynasty which preceded it (618-907) (Ebrey,...

Maya Angelou/Caged Bird

was really blond, white and blue-eyed (Angelou 4). This feeling on Angelous part is highly related to the restrictions on black fr...

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Comparison/Contrast

the condition of oppression and restrictive realities. This is the symbolic premise of the poem. From this perspective the African...

B.T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois

from high school early, received an undergraduate degree from Fisk University, accepted a scholarship to attend the University of ...

Racism & Adolescent Development

favor "cooperation, discussion, a focus tied to people, hands-on activities, and whole-to-part learning," while white students are...

Wordsworth/Solitary Reaper

on the beauty of the scene. The Romantics tended to be introspective, while also placing emphasis on beauty of everyday life, rath...

HIV Prevention for Youth in Rural Areas

sex (Dunn, et al, 2007). Statistics, such as this, indicate the clear need for HIV prevention programs that specifically target ad...

Bach/Cantata #61

2, 1714 (Whittaker 146). After examining the scriptural reading for this Sunday lesson, the first question that comes to mind is w...

Langston Hughes: “I, Too, Sing America”

the more tolerant cities of the north, where there was both work and opportunity (Rowen and Brunner). Nearly three-quarters of a m...

Voice Music Pedagogy and Baritones

In five pages the scientific singing art is explored particularly as it relates to the range of baritone and considers voice in te...

'Cage' of Maya Angelou

to sing a very bold song. II. The Life and Times of Maya Angelou Marguerite Johnson, who would later call herself Maya Angelo...

Vocal Training

a person is singing, a wide compass of two and a half octaves (or more) are employed, whereas even when a person is speaking to a ...

Northern Sung China and the Political Reforms of Wang An Shih

China became more embroiled in territorial disputes, the citizens made their dissatisfaction known by more inclusively-embracing t...

Comparing and Contrasting Classical Music and the Blues

The writer compares and contrasts two popular types of music, classical and the Blues. The writer differentiates between the two a...

Life and Poetry of Maya Angelou

In five pages this paper examines the life and poetry of Maya Angelou including the classic I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Seve...

Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and Problem of Racism

Maya Angelou's autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, is fundamentally a detailed examination of racism. The writer argue...

Life, Art, and Maya Angelou

In five pages this research paper examines how the life of Maya Angelou is featured in her literary art with such texts as Heart o...

An Analysis of the Film 'Selena'

The biographical film of Tejano singing sensation Selena Quintanilla Perez is considered in a research paper consisting of 4 pages...

Popular Fiction and Classical Literature

This paper analyzes what defines popular fiction and a classic literary work in an assessment of Charlotte Temple by Susanna Rosen...

The Man and The President Abraham Lincoln

In this paper the writer observes that 'Abraham Lincoln was able to shape the history of the African American. He is the very embl...

Argumentative Essay on Gun Control

There are currently more than 20,000 gun laws on the books in this country as of 1994. (Cottrol 11) Simultaneously 40 states assur...

Israel's Prophets and Preserving Judaism during Exile

This research paper describes how the ancient Israeli prophets preserved the distinctive nature of Judaism during the people's per...