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    is an iconic image in United States cultural history. She defined a decade and she symbolized the country’s reaction to a major war. At the end of World War I in 1918‚ both social and political foundations in American took a dramatic turn. From these changes‚ women of the twenties began to defy social norms and distinguish themselves from women in the 1910s and 1930s. The women of this decade had a newfound social liberty‚ as it was a major period of change. Conservatives and liberals were battling

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    Slang of the 1920s A 1. ab-so-lute-ly: affirmative‚ yes 2. absent treatment: dancing with a timid partner 3. air tight: very attractive 4. Airedale: an unattractive man 5. alarm clock: a chaperone 6. all wet: incorrect 7. And how!: I strongly agree! 8. ankle: to walk‚ i.e.. "Let’s ankle!" 9. applesauce: flattery‚ nonsense‚ i.e.. "Aw‚ applesauce!" 10. Attaboy!: well done!; also‚ Attagirl! B 11. baby: sweetheart. Also denotes something of high value or respect. 12. baby grand: heavily

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    Analyse Skills‚ Knowledge and Aptitudes Needed for Effective Management within the Cultural Sector Introduction The cultural sector is one of the most important industry in the world today. It has become a part of economy growth in many countries‚ having involvement from various creativity areas such as arts‚ advertising‚ media‚ design‚ and etc. Horkheimer and Adorno (2002) originally used the term cultural industries to refer to industrially produced commercial entertainment: broadcasting

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    wanted to live their lives to the fullest. Flappers were a breed of new women in the 1920s that defied convention and attempted to redefine the female role. Women began to smoke cigars‚ test with sexual rules and disregard traditional Victorian etiquette. Prior to this era‚ females were governed by rigid regulations and robbed of their social‚ cultural and constitutional rights. The roaring 20s‚ a decade of cultural change‚ granted several females enough freedom to rebel against the submissive role that

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    My understanding of cultural and contextual considerations in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth was greatly developed through my participation in the Interactive Oral.  Before the Interactive Oral‚ we discussed how we must respect other’s cultural and social aspects. Throughout the Interactive Oral‚ My peers and I conversed on ideas about cultural and social considerations through the time period in the course of the novel. During the year 1606‚ Shakespeare wrote Macbeth based on the themes of

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    cultures in a universal way. Throughout history in America people of all races have been discriminated against. Immigrants have dealt with experiencing new ways of life and struggled with the tough decision of holding on to their culture or adapting to change. A Raisin in the Sun is a play about an African American family living in Chicago in the sixties. The Younger’s are a family made up of a mother‚ her daughter and her son with his wife and son. The home they are renting is a small two bedroom apartment

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    GILBERT REG NU. W150014 DEG PROG BSc HONOURS DEGREE IN SOCIOLOGY AND GENDER DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (ODL progamme) INTAKE 17 LECTURER Mr W Masunda COURSE Cultural Antropology 1 ASSN QNT Kin relations differ and change with socio-economic and cultural contexts. Discuss with illustrative examples. DUE DATE 10-04-15 Changes over the last 30 years in patterns of family formation and dissolution have given rise to questions about the definition of kin relations (Schneider‚ D. 1980).

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    The United States’ foreign policy between 1920 and 1940 was based on the idea of creating peace and protecting the country as well as the other nations from getting involve in another international conflict. Even though these were the principals of the foreign policy‚ it was constantly changing and establishing slightly different ideas and points of view on how the U.S’ relationship with other countries should look like throughout that period. After World War I U.S was strongly discouraged by

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    The Best & the Worst of the 1920’s It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚ it was the age of production‚ it was the age of prohibiton‚ it was the epoch of nativism‚ it was the epoch of racism‚ it was the season of skepticism‚ it was the season of anti-communism‚ it was the spring of gain‚ it was the winter of loss – in short‚ it was the 1920’s. Indeed the decade of the 1920s was a truly “roaring” and prosperous time‚ but at the same time‚ it was a period of hostility and conflict that

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    As men left to fight in the Great War in the late 1910’s‚ women in the U.S. and all over Europe found themselves necessary to make the homefront function‚ i.e. women had to fill the holes in industry and social life that the absence of men created for them. It is at this time that the flapper appears; a new kind of woman with short‚ bobbed hair‚ shorter skirts and freer clothes to match her new‚ freer lifestyle. It is no wonder that the vote was given to women during this time‚ as the idea of gender

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