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but it also led to a form of identity crisis for the descendants of these tribes. Part ancient heritage and part colonial industr...
In five pages this paper discusses this Native American text in terms of differences in worldviews between the Native Americans an...
Reservation in Oklahoma. Harjo has retained the storytelling brilliance of her ancestors in her spiritually moving works, and t...
I was speaking have a superhuman wisdom, which I may fail to describe, because I have it not myself; and he who says that I have, ...
of Hinduism, and it is generally revered and considered to be the source of dharma.5 "Veda" can be translated literally as "knowl...
God. Achieving that goal also requires the instruction found in revelations made from God to various Catholic leaders over the ce...
in Africa. The importance of the character in the book is that he becomes a true hero. Conde frames the story of Sundiata "with g...
however, a rich oral tradition. Many who study this oral tradition, unfortunately, tend to lump all of these cultures stories und...
and a cultural object" (Romer, 2006, p. 735). In her book, Sofaer "discusses the way skeletal material in the mortuary context act...
regard to the acceptance of reality, issues of morality and, perhaps above all, the concept of divine judgment and human guilt. I...
he feels totally disconnected from the world - everything is "other." This disconnection from reality is integrally tied to the ea...
the changes which have occurred vary according to the specific African culture being discussed, there are certain commonalities wh...
such as the coyote tales which are only told in winter. Not only is the story repeated according to the inflections, drama and hu...
In eight pages this paper discusses the Hopi culture in terms of its oral religious traditions as well as its steadfast resistance...
In five pages this paper discusses how the oral tradition is applied to slave narratives penned by Nat Turner, David Walker, Frede...
In five pages this paper examines the oral cultural traditions of Africa in a short story analysis of 'Talk' recounted by Courland...
In one page this paper examines Third World Africa in a contrast between written language and oral tradition as represented in G...
This essay discusses the influence of Zora Neale Hurston in regards to Alice Walker's perspective on black oral tradition and femi...
In ten pages the language of Arabic is considered in terms of development that is not different according to socioeconomic classes...
In seven pages this paper examines the epic 'Beowulf' in a consideration of the poetic oral tradition. Seven sources are cited in...
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of large differences in terms of culture. The view was one of superiority, with the predominantly white immigrants perceiving them...
This paper reviews the seventeenth century accounts by Mary Rowlandson and Increase Mather. Rowlandson was held captive by Native...
This research paper/essay discusses various issues in American history pertaining to liberty. This includes the factors that led u...
sees the cultural upheavals which have befallen the mainland in its over forty years under socialism as a backdrop, not a major pl...
In four pages this research paper examines each work as it represents the picaresque tradition classification....
This paper consists of five pages and contrasts and compares the socioeconomic, historical, and ideological factors associated wit...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the immigrant experiences of the Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and African ...
extent of freedom. With more and more populations becoming indigenous by virtue of their longevity in America, a blending of cult...
contends that these rules included such considerations as individual rights, provisions for private property, and even adjudicatio...