In today’s media world‚ there are so many genres like horror‚ comedy‚ action‚ musicals‚ family etc. that helps viewers identify the content and one of the most popular and my personal favorite that has risen tremendously over the years is chick-flicks. For this paper‚ I will be analyzing a very popular series ‘Gossip Girl’ that reflects many cultural theories like feminism‚ structuralism‚ Marxism‚ psychoanalytical etc. but I would mainly analyze the text through the lenses of two cultural theories
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“In the eyes of white Americans‚ being black encapsulates your identity.” In reading and researching the African American cultural group‚ this quote seemed to identify exactly the way the race continues to still be treated today after many injustices in the past. It is astonishing to me that African Americans can still stand to be treated differently in today’s society. In reading “Blacks in America”‚ Andrew Hacker states that “being black in America has consequences in areas of: wealth‚ identity
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In his article‚ “What Really Ails America‚” author William J. Bennett presents his argument as to why America is now viewed as a country that no longer possesses a virtuous‚ morally sound society. According to Bennett‚ this change in society was brought about by an aversion to spiritual and religious things. This lack of spirituality and religion has skewed the perception of what is now considered to be ethical in this country. Bennett not only makes note of the issues‚ but also goes on to explain
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The Influence of Black Slave Culture on Early America The Black slaves of colonial America brought their own culture from Africa to the new land. Despite their persecution‚ the "slave culture" has contributed greatly to the development of America’s own music‚ dance‚ art‚ and clothing. Music It is understandable that when Africans were torn from their homes and families‚ lashed into submission ‚ and forced into lifelong slave labor‚ they would be‚ on the most part‚ resentful and angry. Various
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Child maltreatment‚ including physical abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ and psychological abuse‚ has deleterious effect on children in their childhood and even in adulthood. For example‚ youth with psychological maltreatment (PM) background elevates the rates of developing inattention‚ aggression‚ noncompliance‚ hyperactivity‚ and delinquency ((Caples & Barrera‚ 2006; Hart‚ Brassard‚ & Karlson‚ 1996; Manly‚ Kim‚ Rogosch‚ & Cicchetti‚ 2001). Nearly 3 million U.S. children experienced some form of maltreatment
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Racism is an ongoing problem in this country America. There has been racial problems sciences the 1700s when it was only the thirteen colonies! In the beginning of the United States of America it was legal for African people to be enslaved. When Abraham Lincoln was elected in March 1861 all the way till his assassination in April 1865. During the time he was president‚ the civil war‚ act started in April 12‚ 1861 – May 9‚ 1865. The Civil is also known as the “The War Between the States‚” was an
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Continuous change organizations Organizations that undergo continuous change are argued to have the “ability to change rapidly and continuously‚ especially by developing new products (core competence and culture driven)” (Brown and Eisenhardt‚ 1997‚ p. 1). The changes are “those that are ongoing‚ evolving and cumulative . . . small uninterrupted adjustments . . . ” (Pettigrew et al.‚ 2001‚ p. 704). These continuous change organizations have had limited treatment in the literature; the case-studies provided
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The Key to Success “A child without education is like a bird without wings.” This was written in a Tibetan proverb by an unknown author. Children in Pakistan do not have an education which leads to an unsuccessful life. Similarly‚ a bird with no wings will not have a successful life as well. In Pakistan‚ children do not get an education or do not have a proper one due to terrorism‚ gender inequality‚ and an unsafe learning environment. Access to education in Pakistan is a human rights violation for
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Compare and Contrast of “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Black Cat” Today I’ll be comparing the Narration of “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe. Edgar Allen Poe is the author of many great pieces of literature‚ using his narrators to explain situations that are going on in their life. The narrators of "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Black Cat" both lead characters love for man’s inhumanity to man and animals through horrific murders. In "The Cask of Amontillado"
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Developing in today’s society and culture‚ I recently realized what it truly means to be a black women living in America. Going to a high school where I am a minority by all meanings of the word‚ I was not aware of how I was being perceived by other. This unknown ignorance helped me go through my first year of high school without faltering in knowing what I thought I stood for. My lack of understanding my role in society was why I felt a sense of false serenity about the stability of the world around
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