themes as characters either grow closer or further away from the values that define them. Lahiri uses gender roles to show how relationships are changing for the Indian diaspora in America. She depicts traditional female gender roles in transition‚ away from traditional Indian culture in “This Blessed House” toward the changing diaspora in “Sexy”. Upon moving into their new home in “This Blessed House”‚ Twinkle begins to find catholic relics hidden throughout the house. The discoveries of these
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Before there was the Caribbean Common Market (CARICOM)‚ there was the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). CARIFTA was intended to encourage balanced development of the region by increasing‚ diversifying and liberating trade‚ also ensuring fair CARIFTA was limited as the free trade area was not enough to garner the desired economic efficiency. According to Bernal (2007) “... it did not provide for free movement of labour and capital‚ or for the coordination of agricultural‚ industrial and
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187 MEDIA‚ DIASPORA AND GENDER IDENTITY IN NATIONALISTIC SPACES: NEGOTIATING GENDER IN DIASPORIC CULTURAL AND LITERARY SPACES. Baby Pushpa Sinha* Lalan Kishore Singh** This paper endeavors to study gender identity in the framework of the ideology of nationalism and its projections in media and literary texts. It analyses how masculinity and nationalism have always been parallel discourses in its exclusion or subordination of feminine roles in the constructions of the nation whether through its media
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl The book Pirates of the Caribbean‚ written by Irene Trimble is about the legend of a pirate ship called the Black Pearl its curse and the crews that fight for it. Jack Sparrow was once captain of the Black Pearl but now Barbossa is the captain. Jack and Will Turner are on a mission to take over the black pearl and save Elizabeth from Barbossa and his crew. Barbossa and his pirate crew are cursed. Because of the curse the food they eat
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate CSEC HUMAN AND SOCIAL BIOLOGY SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May/June 2011 CXC 35/G/SYLL 09 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council © 2010‚ Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means electronic‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without prior permission of
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The Future of Indians Diaspora Though Indians lived under conditions of appalling poverty in many places of the world where they were first taken as indentured labor‚ a number of remarkable transformations were effected over two or three generations. Through sheer perseverance‚ labor‚ and thrift‚ and most significantly by a calculated withdrawal into their culture‚ in which they found forces of sustenance‚ these Indians successfully labored to give their children and grand-children better economic
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Jouelle Marie C. Lozano CORWRIT ESSAY OFW FAMILY ISSUES Filipino workers are moving out of their homeland to work overseas so they could get higher income and sustain the needs of the family. Despite the branding and labelling battle cry of our agencies in country to OFWs as the “bagong bayani”‚ these people are encountering much bigger problems such as family issues‚ relationship gap between their children and prolonged separation that leads to infidelity and other
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Analysis of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Michelle Neitzel February 8‚ 2010 Analysis of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 film‚ which is an entertaining‚ swashbuckling movie produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. This Walt Disney movie is based on the famous Disneyland and Disney World ride adventure called‚ of course‚ “Pirates of the Caribbean”. Unlike the fun-filled ride at the Disney
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Discussion of Art within the Vietnamese Community In a monograph titled “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community‚ Culture‚ and Politics in the Diaspora” which focuses on Vietnamese people‚ both in Viet Nam and in the diaspora‚ Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde uses Chau Huynh as a case study to exemplify transnationalism‚ globalism‚ and the changes needed to bring about peace. Valverde’s discussion is not a simple one; it is complicated by the fact that there are three perspectives from which to consider
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ethnic Diasporas has become a central question in today’s globalizing world. In fact‚ with the rapid movement of human resources‚ the idea of identifying with a certain Diaspora has become increasingly valued for its ability to furnish one with an enduring identity. History has also shown us that Diasporas serve as a politically valuable scapegoat that function as an effective distraction from a government’s incompetence. One of the central polarities in the integration of ethnic Diasporas is the
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