"The Fronde" The Fronde was a period of uncertainty in France. A time in which a newly crowned king of just ten years old at the time. A young king named Louis XIV was chased by the upper middle class and the nobility and treated as prisoners. These two social groups required some change in their government. They desired less powering the hand of the king and more toward the people’s hands. However‚ everyone knows that this contradicts what Louis XIV desired for France; an absolute monarchy. One
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1. What is the formula developed by Kogut and Singh in 1988 in the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS)? Explain the formula in your own words. 〖CD〗_j=∑_(i=1)^4▒{ (I_ij-I_iDE )^2/V_i}/4 CDj is the cultural distance between the host country and the home country (in this case Germany). The I’s are the scores on the ith cultural dimensions from Hofstede‚ so in this case the four scores for PD‚ UAV‚ IND and MAS. Vi is the variance of the score of this dimensions. The variances for
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write the following numbers using scientific or "powers of 10" notation. a) 125 hundred million light-years 1.25 x 10 ^8 b) 125 billionths of a meter 1.25 x 10^-7 c) the average distance to our Moon in units of parsecs (Consult an appropriate Appendix of the text.) d) the average distance to our Moon in units of nanometers 2. How long does it take light photons to travel the following distances? (Assume light is traveling in a vacuum‚ like
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The essay “Masculinity as homophobia” by Michael S. Kimmel talks about how masculinity and homophobia go hand in hand with each other. Trying to prove ourselves masculine‚ makes us change how we really are‚ showing a different face than what we want to show. Homophobia is the fear of not measuring up as a real man. We are afraid of being humiliated by other men. All this leads to silence‚ to a silence that shows that we agree with the things that are done to women‚ to gays and lesbians. And this
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the 1970’s‚ the power ballads of the 1980’s‚ k-pop today‚ not only acknowledges the issues of then‚ but also addresses‚ even if indirectly‚ the issues of today’s society. This essay will attempt to explore the capital issue
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and Laura raise the idea of masculinity‚ and it’s place and role in society and character. The relationships in both films‚ particularly those between the male protagonists and women‚ highlight the differing ideas of masculinity. The character of Scottie in Vertigo highlights how relationship with women can greatly effect the idea of masculinity‚ whereas this is reversed in Laura‚ when the title character Laura shows how she greatly changes the concept of masculinity through three differing male
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The themes include fluidity of identities‚ the decline of tradition‚ the knowing construction of identity‚ the idea of ’role models’‚ masculinity in (possible) crisis‚ ’girl power’‚ popular feminism‚ diversity of sexualities‚ gender trouble‚ media power‚ contradictions and change. Each of these themes is briefly discussed below. Fluidity of identities and the decline of tradition We have seen various ways in which popular ideas about the self in society have changed‚ so that identity is today
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Masculinity in Modern Dance: Model Redefined Assignment No. 2B by Sufyan Bin Rosman (S9127872C) Group No. 24 Academic Writing WRIT001/Term 1 – 2012/2013 I declare that this Assignment is my original work and all information obtained from other sources has been cited accordingly. Turnitin _______________________ Similarity Signature and Date Assignment Word Count: Index 1966 Course Instructor: Prof. Shirley Alexander
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XXXXXXXXX Toughness is associated with the words Black masculinity. When dissecting the words separately you see that masculinity is defined as possession of the qualities traditionally associated with men. Men are traditionally associated head of households‚ the provider‚ and displays tough love. Then one of the definitions of black is of the very darkest color owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white. In the definition you see the word dark‚ which is associated
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Allende has both characters have a direct connection to the community by having their lovers both be lower-class and advocate progressive ideas‚ who are Pedro Garcia Tercero and Miguel. Pedro having this connection to Blanca‚ a woman of high power‚ gave him the ability to make his ideas more prominent in the text‚ causing him to be kicked out of Tres Marias by Esteban Trueba (Allende 189). Additionally‚ Miguel having a personal relationship with Alba‚ caused liberal ideas to be reintroduced
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