ESSAY COVER SHEET AN1001 Anthropology Cultural Diversity in Global Perspective Study Period 52‚ 2013‚ Singapore Anthropologist at home in the field (Photo by J. Weiner 2003) Subject Coordinator: Dr Anita Lundberg STUDENT’S LAST NAME: TAN FIRST NAME (Preferred name): BERWIN ASSESSMENT TASK: Analysis of the film ‘Avatar’ QUESTION: How is ethnocentrism depicted in the film Avatar? Discuss with reference to the notions of primitivism‚ romanticism and exoticism. TITLE: Ethnocentrism in
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The argument that I will be talking about in my essay is how the themes inclusion‚ otherness and social solidarity take place in the movie avatar. All these three themes relate in many different ways to Jake and the atmosphere in the movie itself. The three philosophers that will be discussed are Durkheim‚ Goffman and Mead. The concepts that are used in this essay are to argue the thesis. Front stage and back stage‚ self‚ presentation of self‚ me and I (the diagram)‚ social inclusion‚ organic solidarity
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An online avatar is nothing but a representation of oneself in an online environment created so that the users can play the role of someone they wish to be or are inspired from. This basically allows users to live a second life online-a life which they have desired to lead. In this online world everything is created virtually by the avatars to replicate or even better the real world. There are acres of land‚ buildings and items which are sold and bought. There are even social groups and events taking
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An Interesting Movie – Avatar Racheal Rebolloso ENG 225: Introduction to Film Instructor Matthew Norsworthy March 22‚ 2010 An Interesting Movie – Avatar As a lover of cinema‚ I have seen many movies that I find interesting or fascinating in some manner. Recently‚ the most remarkable film I have seen is James Cameron’s Avatar. This science-fiction epic was made using cutting edge technology but also has a story line that is engaging and captivating
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believe that our own culture is better than the other individuals that cause a lot of discrimination and misunderstanding between one another for reasons merely based on our custom. Throughout this essay we would be analyzing ethnocentrism and romanticism depicted in the movie Avatar. The film Avatar is set in the year 2154 on a fictional Earth-like moon called Pandora. Humans try to come in terms with the Na’vi by offering them education‚ medicines etc. that helps them build a trust between the
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consequences on the status quo. In doing so‚ a didactic message is revealed to provoke controversy and debate about possibilities for the subversion of humanity. Ursula Le Guin’s award-winning novel The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) and James Cameron’s film Avatar (2009) – highest-grossing film of all time‚ augur the requirement for unity. While Le Guin excoriates the political and military tension during the Cold War‚ and Cameron – the armed conflict between America and Iraq‚ both composers ultimately satirises
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Avatar: A Narrative Analysis Introduction Throughout history people have often encountered others with very different cultures‚ belief systems‚ and lifestyles. In order to work and live together peacefully‚ a common understanding and engagement of other cultures needs to occur. However‚ other choices to respond to differences exist; the option to ignore differences‚ or to reject the others culture and beliefs are just two counter-productive responses to difference. An example historically is
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sooner or later‚ though‚ you always have to wake up‚” (Cameron‚ 2009). When comparing James Cameron’s Avatar with Walt Disney’s Pocahontas‚ you may find several similarities in the movies; but don’t be fooled‚ because it is the differences of these two movies that sets them so widely apart‚ rather than the similarities that supposedly bring them together. Many people seem to have the opinion that Avatar is just a futuristic‚ visually stunning version of Walt Disney’s Pocahontas but in reality‚ they are
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IDEOLOGY AND REPRESENTATION ANALYSIS – AVATAR TRAILER ‘Avatar’ is a sci-fi action feature length film directed by James Cameron. It has been argued that ‘Avatar’ presents the message of the greed of capitalism against the people who want to live in peace and preserve their culture. The blockbuster hit‚ ‘Avatar’ refers to a major element in American history – the Invasion of America. The science-fiction film has relevant similarities to this historic period; in ‘Avatar’‚ humans from Earth go to the planet
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Avatar was created after Disney’s animated film “ Pocahontas.” It cost around $237 million to make the movie. Imperialism is a policy of extending a country’s power influence through diplomacy or military force. The age of imperialism was around the 1870s. The regions assumed control of other regions were British‚ French‚ German‚ Belgian‚ Italian‚ Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ and Independent. They took over most of Africa for a very long time. Imperialism is thought of negative because it was to denounce
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