A Cultural Study and Political Ecology of Nike Partially excerpted from Petrina‚ S. (2001). The political ecology of design and technology education: An inquiry into methods. International Journal of Technology and Design Education 10‚ 207-237. When we put our comfortable shoes on in the morning and take a step‚ our steps are always already scripted within powerful cultural processes. Shoes‚ no more so than the apparel covering our bodies‚ happen to provide particularly robust examples of how
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ever" (III. iii. 242). Othello at this point is completely taken in with Iago’s mind poisoning and willingly submits to him‚ yielding to his trickeries. Inevitably with a little push from Iago‚ Othello slowly goes down the path of dark and pure blackness‚ with murder evident in mind. With Iago’s tampering of his inner moralities‚ Othello turns black like a speeding snowball‚ once Iago set him on the right path. Everything else Othello had done the damage himself; Iago only suggested the notion in
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The Pack I looked around me‚ taking in the inky blackness of my surroundings‚ the scent of my brothers‚ sisters‚ and mother before I feel the warm‚ soft touch of my mother’s’ tongue cleansing me. I whine‚ hungrily‚ and start to look for an open teat in which to get food from. I finally found one and begin sucking desperately before one of my siblings can take it‚ and sigh at the taste of the milk. I feel the warmth that is my mother and siblings around me and fall asleep‚ thinking that it would
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English 110 Junjie Wang A Miserable Wondering and Seeking “Poems come out of wonder‚ not out of knowing‚” according to Lucille Clifton‚ a famous American writer and educator. The best example of this wondering is shown in the poem “The Chimney Sweeper”. “The Chimney Sweeper”‚ written by William Blake in 1789‚ is a poem that reflects a shameful eighteenth century social problems. It shows the exploitations to the little children—the chimney sweepers. Those sweepers are even too young to have their
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one of the most valued plants in all of Asia. Furthermore‚ Lee states the importance of Indigo by referring to it as a "saint" in line 3. In "My Indigo"‚ Lee talks about how the Indigo has lost its sense of identity by describing himself. "Now‚ blackness gathers in the grass‚ and I am on my hands and knees. What is its name?"(Lee7‚8‚9) It becomes very obvious that not only the Indigo has lost it’s sense of identity‚ but rather Lee has as well. Through research one can see that this is a reoccurring
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Rough Draft: Ethan’s Colors Symbolism approach to interpretation has so many possibilities—so many paths to consider! An exciting approach to interpretation and criticism‚ comparable to hunting‚ finding the symbols‚ an object or image that‚ although interesting in its own right‚ stands for or suggests something larger and more complex—often an idea or a range of interrelated ideas‚ attitudes‚ and practices (Murfin & Ray 391)‚ practiced by finding the repetition of colors throughout Edith Wharton’s
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married to a Muslim man. But she wasn’t sure if she took the right decision. She thought of her past and the future she is going to live and how her life is about to change. She doesn’t love the man she is getting married to‚ she loves his pride‚ blackness and his grey car. She thinks she loves the effort he will make to redo her into what she really wants. One of the most important themes that were discussed in the story is religion. As I mentioned before that the story is about
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match that of the surrounding society‚ Pecola believes that if she were to abandon her black appearance and assume more European features‚ such as blonde hair and blue eyes‚ she would be removed for her tragic circumstances. Pecola’s belief that her blackness is the root cause of her social discontent is consistent with social climate and the overall perception of
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Lynching‚ as Robyn Wiegman has shown‚ is about law. According to Jacqueline Goldsby and Grace Elizabeth Hale lynching is also about the violent production of racial and cultural identity—whites were never whiter at the turn of the twentieth-century than when they participated in the terrorizing performance of lynching. This trajectory of scholarship makes clear that lynching was not an irrational practice or social anomaly that took place outside of history‚ nor was it simply a vigilante transgression
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includes what is known in mill parlance as the English-speaking men; the lower contains the “Hunkies” or “Ginnies.” Or‚ if you prefer‚ the former are the “white men‚” the latter the “foreigners” (Barrett & Roediger‚ 1995). Skin color (whiteness‚ blackness‚ yellowness‚ etc.) remains a concern in the late 20th century‚ not because it advances the mission of multiculturalism‚ helps us to understand different people‚ or allows us‚ as individuals to congratulate ourselves on our “color blindness‚” but
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