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'True Story of Ah Q' by Lu Xun

In twelve pages this paper discusses Lu Xun's texts and the issues resulting in the early twentieth century Chinese society collap...

Comparative Analysis of Ancient Greek Women and Contemporary Culture

This paper examines the limitations which continue to exist in terms of women's roles in ancient Greek society and in the present ...

Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris

So, if our stone age ancestors did not give up their hunter-gather lifestyle and invent agriculture in order to improve their life...

Sixteenth Century African Women

In ten pages this paper analyzes women's roles in African society during the 1500s. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Overview of Ethical Relativism

ethical actions presses one to determine if the actions are right or wrong based solely upon to what one is accustomed. This, the...

Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Pagan and Jewish Women

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Pagan women with Jewish women in ancient Greek and Roman societies in terms of the...

A Three Part Historical Paper

In this paper consisting of five pages and three part the first portion discusses Europe at the conclusion of the nineteenth centu...

The Handicapped Individual's Societal Role

The writer examines the factor of self actualization within the life of a physically disabled person and how these individuals can...

Rebekah and Nausicaa in the Bible and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

This paper examines the power by women in ancient Hebrew and Greek societies as represented by Rebekah in the Old Testament and Na...

The Evolution of Urban Areas from the Middle Ages to the Present

This 5 page paper discusses the way in which the relationship between man and his environment has determined the economic, social ...

The Social Mirror of Art

powers to insure a good hunt, or an annual event in which the animal shapes were retraced on the wall to insure their continued li...

How Anorexia in Featured in Texts by Cathi Hanauer and Margaret Atwood

In five pages anorexia as reflected in My Sister's Bones by Hanauer and The Edible Woman by Atwood are compared and contrasted in ...

How Americans Are Failing Their Kids

In five pages this paper argues that it is time to return to old fashioned practices and values in terms of teaching children what...

New Social Formation Resulting from Cyberspace

In a paper consisting of 8 pages new social formations resulting from cyberspace is examined in terms of Internet addiction and th...

U.S. Constitution and the Rights of States

In six pages this paper discusses the Constitution's awarding of states' rights but how the Civil War, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New...

Ecommerce and Mail Order in the Future

In fourteen pages the evolution of electronic commerce and mail order in an increasingly technological dependent society are exami...

Implications of Bias

In a paper consisting of six pages the topic of bias in society is examimned in terms of its implications that are not always nega...

A Child Called 'It' by Dave Pelzer

In five pages this research paper examines Pelzer's account of his horrific childhood with an application of current theory on fam...

Sociolinguistic Ethnography

In twenty pages sociolinguistic ethnography or the relationship between language and society are examined within the context of Cr...

Marxist notions on Change and Conflict

Society in general is discussed from a Marxist perspective. Change and conflict are two issues noted in this eight page report tha...

Argument in Favor of U.S. Legalization of Marijuana

Medical Marijuana initiative was passed in California in 1996 (Annas 435). Annas said, "The law allows physicians to recommend ma...

It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton

In five pages Clinton's insightful view of bringing up children in contemporary society is considered as it presents an effective ...

Nation State Status and European Citizenship

the wars fought over the last century, and more, have had the rise of nationalism as a root cause. This is certainly the case for ...

Social Commentary's Dark Side

In six pages this paper discusses the dark side of social commentary and how the writers reflect their respective societies in Tom...

Sexual Health Maintenance

In 8 pages this paper discusses how to maintain sexual health in contemporary society in a consideration of cancer, sexually trans...

'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In a paper consisting of seven pages Medieval society is considered in terms of the consequences regarding to 'what women want' wi...

Paul Auster's The Invention of Solitude and the Fatherhood Theme

In six pages the father's role in society is examined within the context of Auster's nonfiction text. There is 1 source cited in ...

Overview of Honolulu Annotated Bibliography

offices. Cowing Sue (ed) Fire in the Sea : An Anthology of Poetry and Art (1996) Honolulu University of Hawaii Press. This book ...

Sexuality and Gender

by women". "The categories of womens speech, mens speech, and prestigious or powerful speech are not just indexically derived fro...

The Overworked American by Juliet Shor

In six pages this paper discusses the massive increases of the American workload and its effects upon society and the individual. ...