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Richard Lester: "Petulia"

counterculture. Thus, by setting his film there (he filmed most of it on location), Lester was tapping into the one spot in the co...

1930s' Views on US Society and Women

proof! Look at the inroads that are being made in regard to the problem of racism! Look at the growing realization that beauty i...

The Language of Black America: African American Vernacular English (AAVE)

the verb to be, such as in he be hollering at us (Powell, 1997). Other aspects of this dialect is to drop the consonants at the en...

African American Youth Stereotypes

more of art imitating life rather than the other way around. II. DISCUSSION The good old days of the colorful, romantic, s...

Reasons Why the US Suffered a Loss in Vietnam

against the US. However, like colonial Americans, the North Vietnamese turned their superior knowledge of the terrain, into a "ho...

The History of African Americans

trader exchanged his cargo of Africans for food in 1619. The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to man...

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Truman Capote and the American Dream, a Critique of the American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald's “The Great Gatsby” and Truman Capote's “Breakfast at Tiffany's”

Gatsby, and in Truman Capotes Breakfast at Tiffanys, first published in 1958. Both define the American Dream as the exclusive pro...

American Government Federalism According to the Rationale of the Founding Fathers

In five pages this paper discusses federalism as the cornerstone of American government and the reasons the founding fathers insis...

Ideology and Law

In eleven pages European and American societies are considered regarding how their laws were developed in a discussion of the Comm...

Anthropology and Leisure

In five pages this paper takes an anthropological view of leisure within the context of Phillip R. DeVita and James D'Armstrong's ...

American and Muslim Faith

"He tolerated all the difficulties of his life to convey the message of God. We can learn from the example of the prophet. We al...

The Depression of the 1930s and Black American Artists

noted that in historic cultures that functional objects, often had a decorative component. The works of these artists f...

The Future of Capitalism by Thurow

most--actually all, as few dispute its dominance-- there are critics of capitalism. There are flaws, such as the fact that America...

African American and Feminist Themes in Walker's The Color Purple

This paper addresses the ways in which Alice Walker's, The Color Purple portrays different feminist points of view, as well as tho...

Family Concepts Defined

In five pages sociological and cultural definitions of the family concept are examined with the traditional Indian culture compare...

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois

Only after his death was it realized that much of Washingtons attitude was more like the wolf tending the sheep in a sheep outfit....

Spanish and English Approaches to Colonial Slavery

Spain and Portugal were the first nations to reach the shores of the "New World". Their arrival preceded that of other major colo...

The New South and the Black American Communities

groups" (Robinson 73). Apparently these community fault lines developed in accordance with the religious/ benevolent functions of ...

Restraint Uses in Psychiatric Nursing

Yet both organizations also observe that, sometimes, it is necessary to use seclusion and restraint, as a last resort, in order to...

Models of Benchmarking

which stated the practice was one where there was a continuous process of measuring and comparing the processes as well as the pro...

Weber and Marx Perspectives on U.S. Social Stratification

of the day where the lives of the commoners were ruled by the elite. If one examines Marxs original theory on...

Marxist Views on America's Poor

soul. Marx saw capitalism as the culprit in creating poverty as it divided the people. Many would think that those in the higher ...

The Sociological Phenomenon That Was Andy Kaufman

In six pages the conflicting views on this late comic's career are noted while the writer applauds his uncompromising slice of Ame...

Arguments Surrounding the Issue of Prayer in Schools

place for religion in the schools. The debate is heated. First, it should be noted that there are many good reasons for inclusion....

The Application of NAFTA and the Canadian-United States Free Trade Agreement

Five pages and five sources used. This paper presents a view of the application of the Canadian-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and the...

Culture, Ethics, and the Issues of Divorce and Adultery

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Caucasian and Mexican American cultural views regarding adultery and divorce and t...

Slavery Ideology and Practice in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

quickly. It is true that in some of the Northern settlements, plantation managers preferred to use white indentured servants rathe...

Eleanor Roosevelt A Personal and Public Life by J. William T. Youngs

not only who she was as a person, but to also put her contributions and her legacy into a proper perspective. The book details sp...

Politics and Youth

This paper examines American Generation X's political views in eight pages. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography....

Wag the Dog: The Barry Levinson Film From a Cultural Perspective

an eerily accurate cultural commentary on gender, class, and race in the United States. In the film, all of the major power broke...