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Once We Were Warriors/Postcolonial Theory

a different "historical memory of the Maori," as they remember "fierce fighters who battled against British colonizers for decades...

Identity of Pip's Benefactor Revealed in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

In five pages Chapter XXXIX of Dickens' novel is examined in the text passage that reveals the convict Magwitch to be the financia...

Art of China Featured at LACMA

their writing was essential pictorial, but did allow for the expression of abstract ideas. Warfare with neighboring areas was a w...

Deng Xiaoping and Economic Liberalization

if it didnt compromise Communist rule, which for all practical purposes means there was no reform considered (Pei). Dengs views ...

China and the Possibility of Revolution

societal dictates under which Chinese women had lived for centuries. This period was characterized by a complex interaction betwe...

Superpower Status of China

the low-end retailers like Wal-Mart are able to supply inexpensive goods, low income Americans will remain satisfied and uncritica...

Clothing of China

Long thought to be legendary, it has recently proven to actually have existed, but theres no information on the type of clothing w...

Chinese Literary Works

the mountain (Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain). As the characters wait for Fox Volant, they start to recall incidents from the p...

The Chinese and Japanese Bureaucracies

determining both assignments and promotions" (Pempel, 1992, p. 19). The model for the bureaucracy that exists in Japan today was...

Soil Salinity in the Imperial Valley

and wildlife in various ways. Plants obtain water through osmosis, a process "which is controlled by the relative level of salts i...

Being a Man in the 1999 Film Boys Don’t Cry

petty crime - such as writing bad checks - to pay for these procedures and as long as he perpetuates the illusion of being a male,...

Fast Food, Microwaves and Society

metropolitan area and 14.1 for the affluent Westside" says the L.A. County Department of Public Health (Mcnew). Fast food restau...

'Wh in Situ' Chines and English Movements

Chinese and English wh movements are contrasted and compared in a paper consisting of ten pages....

President Kennedy's Lone Assassin Was Lee Harvey Oswald

In thirteen pages this paper debunks the conspiracy theory that has been swirling around the assassination of President John F. Ke...

Love in a Small Town by Wang Anyi

sees the cultural upheavals which have befallen the mainland in its over forty years under socialism as a backdrop, not a major pl...

Analysis of Mona in the Promise Land by Gish Jen

In five pages this paper examines and analyzes this Chinese American novel first published in 1996....

Robert Rodriguez's Films and Cultural Identities

direction and production of a larger film. "The plan, Rodriguez said, was to make a series of three action films for this market a...

Critique and Analysis of Wag the Dog Film by Barry Levinson

the message it conveys through incisive parody scary? Definitely. Barry Levinson is a veteran filmmaker who deftly employs a cyn...

'Essay on Literature' or 'Wen Fu' by Lu Chi

In six pages this report examines this ancient Chinese literary essay....

ETHICS AND FRIENDSHIP: HOW FAR SHOULD A WHITE LIE GO?

deceive" (Fallis, 2009; 29). Falls (2009) in his article about lying and the ethics of lying, goes on to suggest that individuals ...

Distribution of Labor Across Genders and Cultures

family unit, the biological and social unit through which people join together, raise children, and work to support a household. H...

Overview of Amy Chua's Book

to practice a musical instrument for 30 minutes or an hour each day but Chua requires her children to practice for three four hou...

Hong Kong's Economic and Social Changes

Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as "mature," rather than developing. As such, their economies are well-established an...

Canada and China Accounting Practices

they want reassurance that what they are being told is true. In examining the literature, we note that there is little tha...

The Identity of Mother and Daughter in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

In a paper that consists of five pages the Chinese legacy of mothers and daughters that provides them with their identity is discu...

Chinese and Tibetan Border Conflicts

at the hands of the Chinese government. As he points out, when the government changed over in the early 1980s, it appeared an opp...

Chinese Room Argument by John R. Searle

full of symbols are the data base. The small bunches that are handed in to me are questions and the bunches I then hand out are th...

American Culture and the Film Manhattan by Director Woody Allen

Brando, the apples and pears of Cezanne...and Tracys face" (Chances 66). Throughout the film, Ike professes his belief that "It is...

The Fluidity of Identity and Consumerism

is a stable concept; shares with a social group and influenced mainly by two variables; nationality and class, but more recent the...

Passion of the Christ v. The Bible

"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...