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  • Recovering Identity Through Myth, History and Place

    Recovering Identity Through Myth, History and Place

    Recovering Identity Through Myth, History and Place Myth and history are necessary in explaining the world, and can be depended upon for guidance with one as reliable as the other. The idea of place, with its inherent myth and history, is an important factor in one's identity because place shapes character and events. Robertson Davies' Fifth Business, E. Anne Proulx's The Shipping News, Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin of a Lion, and Jack Hodgins' The

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    Essay Length: 4,229 Words / 17 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Humor and the Emergence of the Gay Culture

    Humor and the Emergence of the Gay Culture

    Humor and the Emergence of the Gay Culture During America’s growth, homosexuality became a very taboo topic, one seldom mentioned and rarely discussed. Just as the Sexual and Racial Revolutions promoted acceptance of once discouraged social matters, the Homosexual Revolution has promoted the acceptance of the gay culture in today’s society. Undoubtedly, humorous homosexual characters in television and in other forms of entertainment are helping to increase the acceptance of the gay culture by portraying

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    Essay Length: 2,378 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Top
  • The Role Change of Japan’s Culture

    The Role Change of Japan’s Culture

    The Role Change of Japan's Culture My experiences in Japan have been surreal in that the cultural behaviors are nearly an exact opposite to those with which I had grown up. The order of daily life is solely dependent on the roles and duties of each individual. When people begin to go against the regular flow of the excepted norms, great controversy is created. Japanese culture patterns follow a specific code that is rarely altered.

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    Essay Length: 1,163 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: regina
  • Appalachia Culture

    Appalachia Culture

    Many people have different views on what Appalachia is, I grew up thinking that Appalachia meant people were dirty, poor, illiterate, inbreed and we also called them mountain people. As I grew up I realized that most of the things they went through and had a hard time with, I was dealing with the same problems. So what exactly is Appalachia? Well you will find out as you read on. Appalachia is no longer the

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    Essay Length: 1,534 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Jack
  • Cultural Revolution

    Cultural Revolution

    There are many different cultures in Southwest Florida that one becomes immediately aware of as they enter the area. They include Native-American, African-American, Protestant, European, “Cracker”, Hispanic-Latino, and Cuban. Because there are so many variations of these cultures choosing just three was difficult, but for my project I will be focusing on our African-American, Hispanic-Latino, and “Cracker” populations. During this project I will address the many and varied differences between these cultures on many different

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    Essay Length: 3,377 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Louis Iv’s Influence on French Culture and Style

    Louis Iv’s Influence on French Culture and Style

    When Louis XIV began his reign in 1643, France's capital was on the move, undergoing one of the greatest periods of expansion in its history. Louis was a young king with a great sense of style and history, and decided to make both himself and his country legendary. In the sixteenth century, the French were not thought of as the most elegant or sophisticated European nation, but by the end of the early eighteenth century

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    Essay Length: 427 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Monika
  • Divorce: Christian Tradition and Culture Versus Scripture

    Divorce: Christian Tradition and Culture Versus Scripture

    Religion 314 Christian Ethics Divorce: Christian Tradition and Culture versus Scripture Should Christianity permit divorce? This is a question that has been debated for years, but no one answer has been found. One way to address this question is to turn to the most recognized and respected sources of knowledge on the topic of Christian tradition, The Bible. It seems most efficient to start from the beginning of Christianity’s holy text, The Bible; since the

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    Essay Length: 3,236 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • People and Culture

    People and Culture

    What is the proper reaction when culture Clash? Culture clash always occur in our common life. This ranges from minor family disputes between the children and their parents to the great events such as playing fire-crackers in Chinese New Year. In many cases these clashes were also treating as offence by law. Our country is a free society and our government respects humanЎ¦s right of everybody. This is written in the constitution law. But

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    Essay Length: 301 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: regina
  • Culture of Renaissance Vs. Culture of Late Middle Ages

    Culture of Renaissance Vs. Culture of Late Middle Ages

    Following the period of time known as the Late Middle Ages, the Italian Renaissance is significantly marked by several cultural and artistic achievements. With artists such as Jan van Eyck, known for his remarkable attention to human personality, and Michelangelo, painter of the Sistine Chapel, the quality of art during the Italian Renaissance greatly surpasses the generic faces and gothic-like qualities of the Late Middle Ages. As far as technology is concerned, the invention of

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    Essay Length: 650 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: July
  • Cultural Assessment of the U.S. Navy

    Cultural Assessment of the U.S. Navy

    Mission Statement The US Navy has founded its self with being an organization that will train and activate skilled combat naval personnel. The official mission statement taken off their web site states, “The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.” (http://www.navy.com) The Navy also prides itself on the adventurous spirit it takes to embark on a career

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    Essay Length: 1,990 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Culture

    Culture

    Cultures are always changing -- bit by bit, story by story. And there are segments of every culture that resist that change. In Spain some argue that siesta is important because long lunches build relationships. They don't like the idea of Spanish culture becoming more European (or, some say, more American). Then, there is cultural change that comes far too slowly. Last week I read a disturbing story from the Allai Valley region of Pakistan.

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    Essay Length: 290 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Top
  • West African Culture

    West African Culture

    Brief History From the 1500s to the 1700s, African blacks, mainly from the area of West Africa (today's Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Dahomey, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Gabon) were shipped as slaves to North America, Brazil, and the West Indies. For them, local and tribal differences, and even varying cultural backgrounds, soon melded into one common concern for the suffering they all endured. Music, songs, and dances as well as

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    Essay Length: 1,341 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Yan
  • Mla Format

    Mla Format

    ccording to MLA style, you must have a Works Cited page at the end of your research paper. Works Cited page preparation and formatting is covered in chapter 5 of the MLA Handbook, and chapter 6 of the MLA Style Manual. All entries in the Works Cited page must correspond to the works cited in your main text. Basic Rules Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page at the end of your research

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    Essay Length: 550 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Mike
  • Understanding the Cuban American Culture

    Understanding the Cuban American Culture

    Miami Florida has the biggest Latin population than any other city in the United States. The majority of Latin’s being of Cuban descent. Since the Cuban revolution there have been constant waves of immigrating Cubans to Miami. The result has been a Cuban American society that has created culture diversity within. In order to understand the Cuban American culture you must understand its ethnic origin, politics, and the varying times of immigration. CUBAS ETHNIC ROOTS

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    Essay Length: 1,613 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Anna
  • The Culture of Ireland as Influenced by British Rule

    The Culture of Ireland as Influenced by British Rule

    The beautiful, lush green vegetation of Ireland is often a lasting memory of the country of Ireland. However, after some time, the absence of trees is noted by many. In a sense, that positive and negative side of the physical landscape of Ireland is analogous to Ireland's experience of being ruled by Britain for hundreds of years. In 7,000 BC, during the stone-age period, hunters from Britain settled in Ireland. Thereafter, around 3,000 BC, farmers

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    Essay Length: 623 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Hip Hop Culture

    Hip Hop Culture

    HIP HOP CULTURE Music. It seizes to amaze me how this five letter word has the immense power to influence, change, and identify someone’s entire persona. It’s like an adrenaline rush that overcomes your entire body, thoughts, and emotions. While standing in a crowd at a concert, you are completely succumb to the music in which you fail to realize the make-up, which was once perfectly set, is now completely sweated off, or how the

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    Essay Length: 974 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Vika
  • Cyberspace and Identity

    Cyberspace and Identity

    Cyberspace and Identity In her article, Cyberspace and Identity, Sherry Turkle implies that the various personas that we put up through the internet have helped people express different parts of their personalities. While it is healthy to express these “multiple selves,” it is also important that these selves recognize each other in order to form unity. Cyberspace has greatly impacted our identities. The anonymity of the internet has made it simple for us to create

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    Essay Length: 541 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Identity

    Identity

    What is someone's identity? Is it the way they look, what they believe, or could be many things all put together? Or is it none of the above? The philosopher Alan Watts once said, "Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth." The task of identifying oneself is one of the most challenging tasks a person will face during their lifetime. What is someone's identity? In my opinion, it is a

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Vika
  • Permanent Impact of the Counter-Culture on Today's American Society

    Permanent Impact of the Counter-Culture on Today's American Society

    “What is not illusionary is the reality of a new culture of opposition. It grows out of the disintegration of the old forms, vinyl and aerosol institutions that carry all the inane and destructive values of privatism; competition, commercialism, profitability and elitism…It’s not a “youth thing” by now but a generational event; chronological age is the only current phase”. The previous quote was written by Andrew Kopkind in Rolling Stone on the Woodstock festival

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    Essay Length: 1,918 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Organizational Culture

    Organizational Culture

    Three general types of organizational culture—constructive, passive-defensive, aggressive-defensive: The organizational cultural inventory measures 12 sets of normative beliefs or shared behavioral expectations associated with three general types of cultures, Constructive, Passive-Defensive, and Aggressive-Defensive. Constructive cultures—in which members are encouraged to interact with others and approach tasks in ways that will help them meet their higher-order satisfaction needs, are characterized by Achievement, Self-actualizing, Humanistic-Encouraging, and Affiliative norms. Constructive styles strongly associated with satisfaction and low stress

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    Essay Length: 1,813 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Cultural Competence

    Cultural Competence

    The American Academy of Family Physicians website defines cultural competence as: "A set of congruent behaviors, attitudes and policies that come together as a system, agency or among professionals and enable that system, agency or those professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. The word "culture" is used because it implies the integrated pattern of human thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values and institutions of a racial, ethnic, religious or social group. The word competence

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    Essay Length: 1,036 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Jack
  • Comparative Culture

    Comparative Culture

    Abstract In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the role of religion in the cultures in the United States and an Arab nation of Egypt. Comparative Culture Essay The roles that Religion have played in developing the cultures of the United States and the Arab nation of Egypt have many similarities and differences, such as beliefs, laws, and social norms. I am going to start by talking about the history of religion in

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    Essay Length: 886 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Victor
  • Cultural Values

    Cultural Values

    Society is built upon values and beliefs of what people feel are important. Values within the American culture can be quite different. My values and beliefs originated from my God fearing parents. Being raised, disciplined, and loved by my parents helped me to develop my personal value system. As a young child, my thoughts, my ideas, and my behavior were immature. When there was a family gathering or family outing, I would run around, touch

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Max
  • The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas

    The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas

    The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas Nancy Kelley University of Phoenix MBA 501: Forces Influencing Business in the 21st Century A. Lutz February 2007 Globalization and overseas business expansion has brought about the need for in-depth understanding of culture differentiation. When conducting or contemplating cross cultural business ventures, it is important to understand the culture before communicating one’s desires. This paper will focus on the cross cultural challenges of doing business overseas, with special

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Brazilian Culture

    Brazilian Culture

    Culture Brazilian culture is a Latin American culture of a very diverse nature. It's main influence comes from Portuguese, due to colonial ties with the Portuguese empire that spread the Portuguese language, legal system and other cultural inheritances. Other important influences came from African and Amerindian people creating a diverse multicultural and multiethnic society. Religion in Brazil is very diverse, about ninety percent of Brazilians declare some sort of religious affiliation. Roman Catholics make up

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Jessica

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