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  • African Cultures

    African Cultures

    Peace It seems quite safe to assume that all human beings desire peace. What is not always very clear is what each person means by peace and how it can be attained and maintained. Religion and peace in an African culture have been almost natural companions in the minds of humans in different periods of history and in different cultures of the world. This is because, although far too many adherents and leaders of the

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    Essay Length: 667 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: David
  • Are African Americans Still Oppressed?

    Are African Americans Still Oppressed?

    Are African Americans Still Oppressed? African Americans in society today like the prisoners in the Allegory of the Cave are hostage to their own mentality. The two characteristics commonly shared between both is ignorance to reality and a reluctance to change. Thus in the essay the prisoners are locked and chained down in darkness with only a glow of light that allows for little sight. In turn objects placed in front of the glow cast

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    Essay Length: 1,111 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: David
  • Familiarity in the Unfamiliar. Friendship as the Key to Cultural Adaptation

    Familiarity in the Unfamiliar. Friendship as the Key to Cultural Adaptation

    Familiarity in the Unfamiliar. Friendship as the key to Cultural Adaptation Living abroad for a time has come to be an accepted, if not expected, part of the life of the modern enlightened person. The reasons for such a journey are as varied as the people themselves. Although the difficulties they inevitably face, and the underlying reasons for them, show remarkable similarity. The difficulties associated with living abroad partially to do with a change in

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    Essay Length: 445 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Navajo Culture

    Navajo Culture

    Navajo Culture I was able to interview a co-worker of mine about the Navajo culture. Nic Hooton served an LDS mission on the Navajo reservation in the four corners area. Because he has witnessed first hand what cultural aspects lie both inside and outside of the reservation I concluded that he would be a perfect candidate for interviewing. Between class lectures and the movie presented last week it seemed that a big concern for the

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Top
  • Teenagers and Culture

    Teenagers and Culture

    Teenagers and Culture In today’s culture teenagers undergo a lot of unnecessary stress. Young adolescence lives are a lot more complicated than they use to be. Everything that happened use to be so understandable and it always had a reason but in today’s ever changing culture it nothing like that now. I am a young adolescence trying to make it in this world and it is very hard and I hear it will only get

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    Essay Length: 362 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Kevin
  • What Is Organisational Culture and How Can It Be Managed Effectively?

    What Is Organisational Culture and How Can It Be Managed Effectively?

    What is organisational culture and how can it be managed effectively? Organisational culture is defined as the shared values, norms and expectations that govern the way people approach their work and interact with each other. Organizational culture is different from world cultures, those tapestries of shared histories, languages, beliefs, and foods, which are the source of our identity. Our personal culture affects how we marry, how we raise our children, how we celebrate events, and

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    Essay Length: 602 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Yan
  • 3com to Fix Cultural Communication Within the Corporation

    3com to Fix Cultural Communication Within the Corporation

    3COM To Fix Cultural Communication within the corporation In this paper I will be making proposal/suggestions to the 3COM Corporation as if this was a new company. I will try to alleviate the cultural communication differences. This proposal hopefully will furnish the company with ways to communicate with their employees from different region of the world effectively. I also will be using the four elements of effective business communication; audience, content, delivery and comprehension. The

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    Essay Length: 562 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Yan
  • Alternative Popular Culture

    Alternative Popular Culture

    Alternative Popular Culture Alternative popular culture is basically the opposite of everything that is popular. Simply put, it is those elements outside the effective dominant culture are described as either alternative or oppositional. The distinction between them is that the former has no desire to impose its values on the general society while the latter does. One place to begin that is suggested by the deficiencies in popular culture as described above, would be the

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    Essay Length: 332 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Hip-Hop: A Culture, an Expression, A Language

    Hip-Hop: A Culture, an Expression, A Language

    What is hip-hop? Many believe hip-hop is synonymous for rap music, but it goes beyond that. Hip-hop is a form of art and culture, style, and language, and for many, a way of life (Fernando, 1994). The graffiti you see on bridges, the dances you see in the clubs, the hardened attitude that the boy who sits behind you in film class has, the slang you here kids yell at the park, this is hip-hop.

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    Essay Length: 1,673 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Jon
  • Unique American Culture and Blue Ridge Folk Music

    Unique American Culture and Blue Ridge Folk Music

    The Unique American Culture and Blue Ridge Folk Music Class:Regional American Culture When we define American culture, we use “Melting pot” which describes unique characteristic of American culture. Many people from diverse countries are living in America. As they have lived together, they made distinct culture that all of culture each people have is conflated. Above all, the conflated culture makes new culture which has ever existed before so that we regard American culture as

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    Essay Length: 1,253 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: July
  • Music and Culture

    Music and Culture

    In today's modern world, music encompasses almost every form of media. It is everywhere; it is played outside and inside stores, on the television, at the movies, on the computer, in elevators, and can also be heard coming from around the heads of most teenagers. This is not a bad thing per say, but it can very easily be. A growing amount of music now features many themes that are far from favorable. In times

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    Essay Length: 434 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Mike
  • Cultural Heritage of India

    Cultural Heritage of India

    Cultural Heritage of India India with its centuries old civilization is perhaps one of the few nations, which has a cultural heritage that is rich, diverse and unique. The richness and diversity of the Indian culture has its roots in its history. The history of India is testimony to the fact that foreign invasions influenced the polity and culture of India. Right from ancient times when Alexander invaded India and brought with him Greek influences

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    Essay Length: 9,650 Words / 39 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Mike
  • Southwest Airlines Corp. Culture

    Southwest Airlines Corp. Culture

    The topic chosen was Southwest Airlines because of its prevalent and lengthy history of successful entrepreneurship and presence in the airline industry. It has been successful in its ability to attain success in many facets of the economy. From implementing an innovative marketing structure to effectively managing its workforce, Southwest has been the pioneer in many forms of creativity and innovation in the industry. In addition, it is an excellent topic for the theme of

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    Essay Length: 1,762 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Mike
  • Amish Culture

    Amish Culture

    Culture, as defined by Edward Burnett Tylor "includes all capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society"("Culture" Encyclopedia Britannica Online http://search.ebcom/bol/topic?tmap_id=51795000&tmap_typ=ai). Humans, since the beginning of civilization have learned from one another, the ways in which to survive and maintain order . They have also learned and developed methods that ensure cooperation and promote self-sufficiency. The Amish are a group of people that have done precisely that. This long history of independence

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    Essay Length: 683 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: July
  • The Cultural Front

    The Cultural Front

    Jennifer Klein 10667174 02/09/04 CES 440 The Cultural Front In the USA, it seems as though there is always a revolution going on. The world is changing everyday. Everyday there is something new going on. Everyday there are people fighting for what they believe in, from social movements to political movements. Everyday people are working hard for their future. People are just trying to make it in the real world. In the the 1930’s, there

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Victor
  • To What Extent Do the Conventions and Codes of Film Noir Used in Double Indemnity Reflect the Social, Economic and Cultural Content of the Period?

    To What Extent Do the Conventions and Codes of Film Noir Used in Double Indemnity Reflect the Social, Economic and Cultural Content of the Period?

    Double indemnity was made just after the war, during a period of time where men felt insecure, as women had become more powerful and independent. This is represented in the film by a negative portrayal of Phyllis. A common type of woman featuring in noir films is the femme fatale, which challenges the most traditional role of the woman and the nuclear family. She refuses to play the role of devoted wife and loving mother

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Max
  • Music’s Ability to Shape People and Culture

    Music’s Ability to Shape People and Culture

    Music's Ability to Shape People and Culture The lights blind me. I shake as the sweat pours from my head while everybody stares at me, judging me, and listening to me. The monitors in front of me hiss and explode with vibrations, the rhythm section is pulling behind me, and the room is packed to the brink. There is smoke in the air along with the ecstasy that seems to electrify the room and feed

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Fonta
  • William Tyndale (mla Format)

    William Tyndale (mla Format)

    1 The smell over whelming in the air. The brunt flesh cast a shadow with the dark smoke that the fire created. Some people cheered, some people cried, and yet others smiled greedily under hidden cloaks. The people of England had decided to burn one man that stood up and translated the bible from the original manuscripts into what we have today. William Tyndale cried out with his last breath, " O Lord, open

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    Essay Length: 1,437 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Ethnic Identity and African Americans

    Ethnic Identity and African Americans

    Ethnic Identity and African Americans Ethnic Identity Ethnic identity is the sum total of group member feelings about those values, symbols, and common histories that identify them as a distinct group (Smith 1991). Development of ethnic identity is important because it helps one to come to terms with their ethnic membership as a prominent reference group and significant part of an individuals overall identity. Ethnic reference group refers to an individuals psychological relatedness to groups

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Janna
  • Christian and Muslim View on Marriage

    Christian and Muslim View on Marriage

    Marriage What are the Christian teachings on remarriage? Christians look to the bible for advice. I found a passage about divorce. In the bible it says: Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery. (St Mark 10:11-12) This means that remarriage isn’t allowed in the eyes of the Lord brought them together and nothing should part them.

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    Essay Length: 261 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Molding of American Culture: Cocaine 1860-1914

    The Molding of American Culture: Cocaine 1860-1914

    Cocaine: The Molding of American Culture, 1860- 1914 Cocaine had slowly risen into American Popular Culture, starting with an appeal to the elite class and ending with the Harrison Act of 1914. Employers encouraged the use of the coca leaf among their workers to increase productivity and decrease fatigue. Early physicians would prescribe cocaine to treat everything from morphine addiction to the common cold. Cocaine became a common ingredient in consumer goods. Marketers raved about

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Which Organizational Culture Fits You?

    Which Organizational Culture Fits You?

    Introduction What is organizational Culture? Culture is made up of the values, beliefs, underlying assumptions, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a group of people. How important organizational Culture is? We spend 40 or more hours at work each week. Many of us spend more time with those we work with than we do our families. For us to be content and fulfilled people, that time must be valuable for more than a dollar. . .

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • Response to David Callahan’s "cheating Culture"

    Response to David Callahan’s "cheating Culture"

    In his book the “Cheating Culture” David Callahan presents what he thinks is a moral decline in the behavior of Americans. He suggests a number of ways to mend the social contract and reverse this trend. I will argue that one of the solutions is more important than the others. I believe a society in which citizens are less insecure about the well being of their basic needs will help reduce cheating and corruption. Callahan’s

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Vika
  • In Chinua Achebeўїs Narrative Ў°things Fall Apartў±, Analyse How the Tribeўїs Culture and Tradition Are Broken Down

    In Chinua Achebeўїs Narrative Ў°things Fall Apartў±, Analyse How the Tribeўїs Culture and Tradition Are Broken Down

    In Chinua AchebeЎЇs masterpiece Ў°Things Fall ApartЎ± the author illustrates the fall of the Ibo tribe during the period of colonization by white people which takes place in lower Niger during the 19th century. This novel can be likened to the idea of Wiliam Butler YeatsЎЇ Poem Ў°The Second ComingЎ± where he suggests that removal of important mechanism causes things to Ў®fall apartЎЇ. In Ў°Things Fall ApartЎ±, Okonkwo is signified as the centre of the

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Monika
  • Deadly Identities by Amin Maalouf

    Deadly Identities by Amin Maalouf

    According to Maalouf, a person shouldn’t have to define himself or his identity to people if he were exposed or raised according to different cultures. It is unfair to him- as it is to other people- to have to choose between certain aspects of his identity, or even hide those facets and ”save” them for a different gathering or group of people who can cope with those different sides ”The identity cannot be compartmentalized”

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    Essay Length: 391 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Kevin