The Bluest Eye depicts the social conditions and psychology of black citizens in post-World War II United States. This excerpt‚ situated in the Autumn part of the book‚ introduces the reader to a family‚ the Breedloves‚ part of whom is the protagonist‚ Pecola. The point of view is omniscient‚ enabling the author to describe the family‚ their house and state of mind. This extract has several layers of meaning : it depicts the physical‚ then moral conditions of the Breedloves‚ but also sheds light
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The Subject and Power Author(s): Michel Foucault Source: Critical Inquiry‚ Vol. 8‚ No. 4 (Summer‚ 1982)‚ pp. 777-795 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1343197 . Accessed: 26/09/2011 07:49 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and students discover‚ use‚ and
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Name: Instructor: Course: Date: A Passage to India through the Lens of Orientalism Orientalism presents a critical study of the Western world’s patronizing cultural representations and perceptions‚ as well as their fictional depictions‚ of the Eastern world and the people inhabiting the Middle East and Asia. Said (p.32) notes that Orientalism‚ which involves scholarship in Western Countries about the East‚ is tied inextricably to Imperialism and this makes it intellectually suspect because it is
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Long Telegram and the Novikov Telegram The single document that best illustrated American anti-communism and general suspicion of Soviet aspirations was George Kennan’s famous Long Telegram of 1946. The Long Telegram was perhaps the most cited and most influential statement of the early years of the Cold War. George Kennan had been an American diplomat on the Soviet front‚ beginning his career as an observer of the aftermath of the Russian Civil War. He witnessed collectivization and the terror
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Cited: Desmond‚ Matthew‚ and Mustafa Emirbayer. Racial Domination‚ Racial Progress: the Sociology of Race in America. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education‚ 2010. Print.
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European imperialism during 1450-1750‚ began as a plan to gain more riches for the European nations. The Europeans did this for three main reasons‚ which were for God‚ Gold‚ and Glory. The Europeans domination over Latin America‚ Africa and Asia were made out to be good for the native people of these lands. However‚ the Europeans were not there to help these geographic areas. They were there to spread their influence and gain riches for themselves and the European nations. The successes and failures
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of Imperialism “Imperialism‚ as defined by the Dictionary of Human Geography‚ is the creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic‚ cultural‚ and territorial relationship‚ usually between states and often in the form of an empire‚ based on domination and subordination.” (Wikipedia) In the movie Michael Collins‚ the director Neil Jordan‚ presents a historical biopic of the Irish patriot and revolutionary Michael Collins. Michael Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader‚ the Minister for Finance
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Explain the contribution to the development and expression of Islam of Sayyid Qutb Sayyid Qutb was born in 1906 in Egypt and became a teacher involved in Egypt’s ministry of Education in 1933. He had a strong conviction that Islam was superior to all other systems and was one of the most influential contemporary interpreters of Islam‚ revered to as a martyr of Islamic revivalism after his execution in 1966. He contributed significantly to the expression and development of Islam through his
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that develops; the mask is the emotional flatness men take on when they suppress emotions and withdraw from healthy social interactions. To survive in an often brutal environment‚ prisoners may develop hyper-masculinity‚ which glorifies force and domination in relations with others. Finally‚ many prisoners are plagued by feelings of low self-worth and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (Haney‚ 2001). All of these psychological changes‚ which may be necessary for survival in the prison environment
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movement for Black Power in the U.S. emerged from the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. Beginning in 1959‚ Robert F. Willams‚ president of the Monroe‚ North Carolina chapter of the NAACP‚ openly questioned the ideology of nonviolence and its domination of the movement’s strategy. Williams was supported by prominent leaders such as Ella Baker and James Forman‚ and opposed by others‚ such as Roy Wilkins(the national NAACP chairman) and Martin Luther King.[10] In 1961‚ Maya Angelou‚ Leroi Jones‚
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