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'True West' and 'Madame Butterfly'

relatives urge her not to marry, for she is nothing but a geisha girl and does not have the respectability to marry. She insists h...

How To Invest Wisely

this level. The top tier of the wedding cake is synonymous with very short-term savings for things like emergencies. Since this mo...

History and Culture of the Cherokee

was regulated by his kinship system (Hudson 184). The kinship system provided sets of neat categories, categories for enemies, fo...

The Postive and Negative Impacts of the Two World Wars

a battle unlike any before, inasmuch as new war technology had brought with it even more despicable methods of death. As soon as ...

Social Role of Strip Clubs

clubs are such an integral part of contemporary society. "Men love talking about strip clubs. If there is something I have learn...

History and Culture of Grunge

think everything should include anarchy or some kind of rebellion" (Benner, 2001; grunge2.htm). Many in the punk scene were indivi...

America and Religion

systems. Durkheim, for example, considered that religion was grounded in the nature of things and that any belief system which doe...

Sociological Articles on Television Viewing

Articles by sociologists Ien Ang, George Comstock, and Ron Lembo on watching television are compared and contrasted in five pages ...

Jane Addams' Twenty Years at Hull House and Themes

to social cause, as it relates to industrial cities and the location of Hull House which, although it existed within the city, see...

US Culture and the Impact of the Vietnam War

used only for entertainment and simple news, was now a reality in the culture of America as it related to the war. Horrid atrociti...

Contemporary Market Economy and the Role of Money

money and its inherent economic power has caused society to become unbalanced with regard to distribution, creating a sharp distin...

An Analysis of Two Articles on Alaska

no yield an exact interpretation of daily life, the author brings forth the importance of what Hewitt did, indeed, salvage in orde...

Paper Money's Future and Electronic Financing

TRANSFER Money, a form of tradable currency and "common article for bartering" (Merriam-Webster, 1998, p. PG), is critical to est...

Influences on Culture

material products" (Bodley, 2002; bodley-text.html). In addition, it is often noted that "Culture also has several properties: it ...

The Origins of Baseball Terminology

are the batter being on deck or in the hold. The ocean is not the only place that baseball owes its colorful vocabulary to. Appar...

U.S. Corporate Sector and Sexual Harassment Issues

made such conduct a crime of "discrimination for which the employer might be held responsible (Stein, 1999, p. 3). Despite a few ...

American Advertising Agency Characteristics

contention that the people vary and so does culture by pointing out regional differences. While New York City is a hip melting pot...

Human Expression and Art as an Essential Component

boundaries of time to impact audiences of today. Take the popular artistic design dubbed "Kokapelli", for example. Kokopelli is ...

Sustaining Development and Buddhist Economics

existence (Schumacher, 1999). This is a good point. Work is produced by individuals but it often serves others outside of the comp...

The Influence and Impact of Mass Media

become homogenized and less diverse or controversial. The result is that fewer diverse opinions and reports are presented to the p...

The Collapse of Enron

is not right. What is the history of this now controversial company? II. History Enron began in 1985 as the combination of two...

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie and Marriage is a Private Affair by Chinua Achebe Compared

her. The son would have no say in the match, for this is how the marriage ritual had been performed for generations. The only qu...

Morality, Brotherhood, and Friendship

a principle that not only transcends gender, but also embraces all aspects of humanity. People may look different, speak differen...

Prejudice and Social Psychology

Allport developed what is known as the contact theory, which asserts that attitudes are established and develop through certain ty...

Egyptian and Chinese Art Compared

in the reigning powers influence over art. In addition, art was commonly used to glorify those in control at the time, a reality n...

An Analysis of Media Texts

it is presented to the audience in the form of symbolic representations which they can understand....

Globalization and the Workplace

For example, the decline...

Egyptian and Chinese and Art

similarity in the reigning powers influence over art. In addition, art was commonly used to glorify those in control at the time, ...

Contemporary British Sports and Feminist Theory

This inequality is based upon the perception that they are the weaker gender. Feminist theory is an attempt to break through esta...

Local Government and Changing Culture

In five pages UK local housing benefit agencies are considered but the theories may be applied to any scenario involving changing ...