Morning Good Afternoon Miss McCarthy and class. I will be discussing the novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta. The novel‚ Looking for Alibrandi is charged with emotional energy. Throughout the novel it shows cultural differences and a lack of communication and understanding between the family. This book is written as both a social and cultural analysis of Josephine Alibrandi’s life‚‚ Josephine Alibrandi is 17 years old and comes from third generation Italian Australian. She feels caught in
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‘Multiculturalism - the preservation of different cultures or cultural identities within a unified society‚ as a state or nation” – (multiculturalism at dictionary.com) The Canadian identity is in a constant state of turbulence‚ always changing‚ always being re-created. So the question is whether or not multiculturalism has affected the development of the Canadian identity? The three arguments to support this thesis is Canada’s past treatment of immigrants‚ how Canadians are only accepting of immigrants
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Toleration‚ Appeasement; Equality‚ Harmony. Pol-1020 The topic of “multiculturalism‚” has been a hotly debated issue since the end of the colonizing era. In their endeavor to find the best policy for multiculturalism‚ different countries opted for different options. States that chose to integrate cultural minorities into their mainstream society had to find the solution that would provide the most equality among citizens; a solution that would
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Feminism and multiculturalism is about diversity and‚ protecting the rights of women and the minority community in our society. It is not about division‚ and the direction‚ nor about isolation (NIMAC Report‚ 1999). Moreover it is about the equality of opportunities for all members of groups that participate in and benefit from economic and social lives. During this paper‚ I ask myself whether feminism can be genuinely multicultural. The difference between feminism and multiculturalism is the rights
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discoveries have on people and the way relationships and discoveries interweave. “Looking for Alibrandi“ published in 1992 by Melina Marchetta‚ “In the park” written in 1963 by Gwen Harwood and “What a girl wants” created in 2003 by Dennie Gordon all show immense discoveries and send messages through the techniques like hypocracy‚ flashback‚ sarcasm‚ camera angles and polar opposites. In the text “Looking for Alibrandi‚” published in 1992 by Melina Marchetta discoveries are uncovered through the interpersonal
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her education and desire to step away from her Italian life and responsibilities‚ breaking away not only from her family and their narrow mindedness but also the entire Italian culture. This is a major leap for Josie who aspires to be the first Alibrandi female to take control of her life. This motivation of freedom is strong in Josie and her rebellious ways demonstrate this. Christina is the result of the Italian culture and the clash it has with the Australian identity. From the time she
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To this effect‚ it is possible to deduce that international immigration facilitated by cheap transport means has essentially led to a multicultural international society. According to Heckman (1993)‚ the concept of a multicultural society and multiculturalism in general has become a major topic influencing political and sociological discourse due to large-scale immigration. In this regard‚ as Heckman (1993) continues to afford‚ it is becoming increasingly necessary to apply the concept of a multicultural
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The excerpt from the story The trouble with principle focuses on the two types of multiculturalism and how they both are different. The two types of multiculturalism are weak multiculturalism and strong multiculturalism. Weak multiculturalist want to impose their values on other cultures while the strong multiculturalist understand that some differences cannot be agreed a pun and that’s just the way it is. Despite the fact that fish goes through all the trouble of explaining the two types of multiculturalism’s
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society‚ often in the face of major difficulties. • multiculturalism is good for the society as it brings cultural diversity to the society‚ can foster a tolerant society‚ and improve relations with other countries • Multiculturalism is a set of practical policies aimed variously at improving the absorption of migrants and harmoniously integrating a culturally diverse society around liberal democratic values.’[11] As such‚ multiculturalism is a conscious political and social choice made by the
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Multiculturalism "Ethnic diversity" redirects here. Thus some aspects of this article concern ethnic diversity.\ Multiculturalism is a public policy approach for managing cultural diversity in a multiethnic society‚ officially stressing mutual respect and tolerance for cultural differences within a country’s borders. As a policy‚ multiculturalism emphasizes the unique characteristics of different cultures‚ especially as they relate to one another in receiving nations. The word was first used
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