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    chapter‚ “The Work of Representation”‚ Hall argues‚ “Representation is the production of…meaning of the concepts in our minds through language. It is the link between concepts and language‚ which enables us to refer to…the ‘real’ world of objects‚ people or events”(17). I agree with this idea that representation doesn’t simply reflect the world‚ for production cannot be found in a basic reflection‚ nor can intellectual discourse be formed in a vacuum—we require representation to act as the binding

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    Medieval Universities The English universities were one of the most significant creations of Medieval England. The scholars who attended eitherOxford or Cambridge Universities set an intellectual standard that contrasted markedly with the norm of Medieval England. Oxford University came into being some 20 years before Cambridge University. The church had a major impact at Oxford. The town came within the diocese of Lincoln‚ yet Oxford had its own archdeaconry. It was the input of the church that

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    Direct and Indirect Representation Living in a democratic society‚ we as Americans have the right to vote on just about all aspects of our lives. The votes that we cast either have a direct or an indirect representation of our beliefs. In cases such as city and statewide laws‚ our beliefs are directly represented; in all national and organizational matters our votes have an indirect impact. The decisions are made by elected officials who we vote into office to represent our beliefs. One example

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    Miss representation is a documentary on daily women’s struggles of present day. I choose this community project subject because I believe it is important to inform people of certain difficult situations that women go through in daily life. The documentary includes many different scenarios in which women are scrutinized by different sources. This summary will cover all of the scenarios stated in the documentary in chronological order staring with how media judges’ women. The present is all about media

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    LECTURE 7 GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF DATA 1. Pressure versus temperature (P-T) 2. Pressure vs. volume (P-v) 3. Temperature vs. volume (T-v) 4. Temperature vs. entropy (T-s) 5. Enthalpy vs. entropy (h-s) 6. Pressure vs. enthalpy (P-h) The term saturation temperature designates the temperature at which vaporization takes place. For water at 99.6 C the saturation pressure is 0.1 M Pa‚ and for water at 0.1 Mpa‚ the saturation temperature

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    http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=517242 “The Media has concentrated on the representation of black men and women. This has partly been because there is a strong African-American counter-culture which provides viable alternative role models and demands that they are represented. In recent years‚ the success of actors such as Denzel Washington‚ Whoopi Goldberg‚ Laurence Fishburne and Morgan Freeman in a diversity of roles has meant that black characters in movies and on TV are no

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    English 3AB Task 3: Representations of Race/Culture Semester 1 The Mates section‚ in the anthology Growing Up Asian in Australia‚ edited by Alice Pung consists of 4 texts‚ Wei-Lei and Me by Aditi Gouvernel‚ Oliver Phommavanh’s Hot and Spicy‚ Lessons from My School Years written by Ray Wing-Lun and Tanveer Ahmed’s Exotic Rissole. These combined texts attempt to change the way in which racial minorities are viewed by the hegemony‚ by challenging the ”otherness” of those in the racial

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    Nashville‚ Tennessee to Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ two highly respected colleges sit at the corner of academic excellence and social experience. Both universities provide the opportunity for success for anyone who attends. The choice between Vanderbilt University and Emory University is an extremely difficult one. Based on my research‚ Vanderbilt University and Emory University are both acceptable options of schools to consider because of their excellent major options‚ rigorous academics‚ and a strong social aspect

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    The title of this documentary is Miss Representation. The title holds significance in that it’s essentially a play on words. The “Miss” part of the title can be interpreted in two ways; one of which is the female term “miss” and the other as the prefix “mis”. When analyzing the title from the view of “miss”‚ the message that women cannot be taken seriously‚ that women live in a man’s world‚ and that women are objectified compared to their male counterparts and other women‚ is portrayed. On the other

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    do that because you are not a boy”. It never occurred to me that the media has a hand in this way of society’s thinking. At the end of watching Miss Representation the viewer will actually feel that the media is the primary reason for undermining the growth of women in the United States. Jennifer Siebel Newsom‚ the director of Miss Representation‚ does an excellent job to convince her audience that women need to be portrayed as more than just pretty objects in the media. She does this by sharing

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