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Culture of Contemporary Greece

In ten pages this research paper examines modern Greece's culture in a consideration of tradition, ritual, religion, language, eth...

'Dia de los Muertos' Traditional Mexican Ceremony

In five pages this research paper examines this 'Day of the Dead' Mexican ceremony in terms of its tradition and the meanings behi...

African Literature's Oral Culture and Tradition

In five pages this paper examines the oral cultural traditions of Africa in a short story analysis of 'Talk' recounted by Courland...

Kenyan Woman

countries (33 out of 46), fertility remains at levels of six or more children per woman, while only in two small countries (Maurit...

New Guinea's Folk Society and Evolution

In six pages the folk people who inhabit the highlands of New Guinea are the focus of this examination of evolutionary progress an...

Tradition and Techniques of Leadership

In fifteen pages this paper discusses Peter Senge's theories in a discussion of core values, tradition, and new approaches to lead...

Oral Tradition, Slave Narratives, and White Readers

In five pages this paper discusses how the oral tradition is applied to slave narratives penned by Nat Turner, David Walker, Frede...

The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday

such as the coyote tales which are only told in winter. Not only is the story repeated according to the inflections, drama and hu...

Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot and Literary Modernism

In 5 page this paper defines modernism and then critically applies the concept to T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land,' and 'Tradition an...

T.S. Eliot's 'Waste Land' and Its Cultural Influences

In a paper consisting of 10 pages the aethetic, scientific, and sociopolitical influences on Eliot's 1922 masterpiece is considere...

Sunset Landscape Painting by James Wells Champney

spirit of impressionism in his work The Artist as a Man Champney was born in Boston in 1843. At Lowell Institute he studied...

T.S. Eliot, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Modernism

In 7 pages the evolution of modernism is chronicled in an analysis of 'On the Genealogy of Morals' by Nietzsche; 'Civilization and...

Taylor and Bradstreet, Two Puritan Poets

Puritans have a dour, unsympathetic reputation, so the idea of Puritan poets may seem rather odd. However, that faith tradition pr...

Chinese American Communities and Cultural Anthropology

In nine pages this paper examines U.S. Chinese American communities and their traditions in this discussion of cultural anthropolo...

Canadian Aboriginal Canadian Women and their Equality Struggles

In four pages the struggles for equality by these aboriginal women are considered and include self government tribal fights and th...

The Concept of Modesty in Islamic Tradition

This 20 page paper examines the concept of modesty in Islamic tradition, and the use of the hijab in this connection. The writer e...

Consideration of Philosophical Moral Traditions

are the core of moral tradition as defined within the context of societal constraints. Most people associate moral tradition with...

Maya and Gawa Societies

In 7 pages this paper discusses the desire of these societies to hold onto their time honored traditions ad described in Nancy D. ...

Issues of Morality in Louise Erdrich's Novel, Love Medicine

This paper discusses issues of morality, personal identity, and cultural tradition as seen in Erdrich's Love Medicine. This seven...

Buddha, Jesus and the Great Spirit, a Comparison

and that the intervention of priests between the faithful and God was a necessary component of worship. Nevertheless, there is sti...

Controlling Populations in India and China

count of 6 billion (The Christian Century 1192). China, the worlds most populated country, accounted for an entire fifth of that ...

A Wife for My Son by Ali Ghalem

her time between home and school. But when her parents decide to marry her to Hussein, her only a choice is to submit to their wis...

Foreign Countries' Market Entry Barriers

target country. Political risk exists when discontinuities appear in the business atmosphere, when they are hard to predict and w...

Black Folk Tradition and Black Middle Class Tension

In ten pages this paper examines the conflict between African cultural traditions and the contemporary African American middle cla...

Edwin Sutherland's Theory of Criminology

Edwin Sutherland in the 1930s broke from tradition when he posited that criminal behavior is not genetically controlled, but is a ...

Western Tradition and Theories Regarding the Resolution of Conflict

In six pages this paper examines the Western tradition and how it theoretically approaches resolving conflicts in this considerati...

Resolving Conflicts in NonWestern Traditions

In six pages this paper discusses how nonWestern traditions resolve conflict. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....

Character and Setting in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

In five pages this paper presents a short story analysis of the Tessie Hutchinson character and the setting with the importance of...

Teaching the Learning Disabled with Different Cultures and Languages

Almost any teacher in any elementary school could find ADD models that could accommodate virtually every child in class. Thankful...

Women of Somalia

This research paper addresses the problem of continued discrimination and violence against the Somalian women. The writer describe...