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Essays 271 - 300
the conquest era continue to shape current realities. Limericks text shows that the history of the American West is rooted primari...
In five pages this paper considers how Hispanics have been stereotyped by American society and how cinema has perpetuated this dis...
a fairly ordinary guy, even if he is a cop. The movie offers numerous and viciously cynical commentary on the media, the FBI, and ...
Horne and Louis Armstrong. Of course, famous tap dancing acts were featured in some films of the day. There was a well known musi...
In a paper consisting of nine pages drug use as depicted in American films is examined. Fifteen sources are cited in the bibliogr...
American values were the primary motivation of the U.S. participation in the southeast Asia conflict. Author Richard Slotkin expl...
In twelve pages the communication patterns exhibited in the French film Cousin, Cousine and its American counterpart Cousins are c...
a jury in the wake of racial stereotypes and roles. The defendant is an uneducated, teenaged Puerto Rican slum dweller. The "peer...
such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...
someone was sick, or out of a job, or when things were going wrong, they asked God for help (Rodriguez). At home, "God the Father ...
track of who, precisely, in the American population is descended from slaves, and identification of race for government statistics...
in explicit language and vivid descriptions of sexuality that were shocking within the conservative cultural context of the period...
kind of money people like Lester makes. He has all these schemes and dreams and he ultimately learns they are pointless, just as L...
how dependent upon technology the average citizen has become in everyday life. The fact that God initially contacted Bruce via hi...
relationship between a city or Nations government and a person is much like that of a parent/child relationship. The state nurture...
a shock for white audiences. Poitier invested his character with dignity and strength, and although later that tactic no longer re...
to the settlement of the American frontier, Drums Along the Mohawk. It is the story of farmer Gil Martin and his privileged bride...
of Boston and Philadelphia. Rather, the film endeavors to expose the man behind the myth. It discusses his life essentially in c...
or rouged (Brabazon, 2000, p. 98). At an awards ceremony, Davis was asked if she regretted not being the sort of movie star that w...
out of the selection" (Mikiro). They have never really been presented in film, showing how Natives were actually treated. One o...
In six pages the antiabolitionist intent of Stowe's novel is compared with the African American stereotypes it was responsible for...
Fasts text of the same name). They each offer depictions of George Washington as perceived by authors, screenwriters, and filmmak...
An analysis of the city's role in The American Friend, a 1977 film by director Wim Wenders, is presented in seven pages. There is...
of his life. He realizes that he has been living in an emotional vacuum, operating more as a robot than a human being, and he subs...
everyone reveals their powerful inner human side, and all comes out well in the end. Some may argue that this film depicts the ...
in the destructive power of nuclear energy. Osteen (1994) points out that few events have affected the American psyche in a manne...
In eight pages this paper examines the shift from Orson Welles' perceptions of the American Dream to the subversion represented in...
A 6 page essay reviewing both the film and print versions of this popular tale. Both the negative and positive aspects of America...
screen is transitory at best. This movie asks the question: Is love merely going through the motions? Is beauty a trap? Are women ...
characterize Mexican tradition with the contemporary realism of complex family relationships. It is a cinematic postcard for fami...