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    and his way of life. Although this is shown gradually and indirectly‚ Plato eventually makes clear his respect and admiration for Socrates’ way of life. The structure of the book was laid out in a way so that readers can interpret Socrates as a representation of love. All the speeches deliver in Symposium are central to the depiction of Socrates as an embodiment of love. The first few speeches‚ though insignificant

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    Cultural Differences - Historical and Theoretical Perspectives Kauffman Vincent Administrative Questions 2 14.02.18 - Lecture 1 2 5.03.18 - Lecture 3 (missed 1) - National Cultures 2 12.03.18 - Lecture 4 - Individualism & Collectivism 4 12.03.19 - Lecture 5 - Power & Authority 5 12.03.26 - Lecture 6 7 12.04.16 - Lecture 6 7 12.04.23 - Lecture 7: Masculinity and femininity 8 Administrative Questions Short critical discussion about Huntington‚ points of Huntington’s

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    Christille Lindy Joyce D. Caluyo BMLS II-A 1) Different cultural practices in the Philippines which could affect our health. Herbalaryo/Arbolaryo/Witch-Doctors • Filipinos believe that some illnesses are caused by evil spirits that enter the body which are cast by “Manga ga mud”. • “Manga ga mud” casts spells on people if they are jealous or disliked. They take personal items such as‚ clothing‚ a brush (to obtain a piece of hair)‚ pictures‚ jewelry‚ etc. It is also done by food poisoning

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    Duong 1    Modernization Theory and Women’s Political Representation: A Case Study of Vietnam By Cathy Duong Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Masters of Globalization and International Development (M.A) in The Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Ottawa April 2012      Duong 2    Abstract While the proponents of the modernization theory reckon that economic growth leads inevitably to social development and gender equality‚ authors

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    CULTURAL TOURISM First of all‚ it is important to define cultural tourism as the basis around which the whole research is formulated. It is important to highlight the fact that the experts do not agree on a universal definition because of the wide range of activities it covers. Over the years‚ the definition of this type of tourism has suffer some changes depending on the field of study and one of the most popular definitions is the one stated by Richards (2001‚ p.37) in which the concept of

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    Monica. After five years‚ both of their professional careers come to a crossroad and Quincy and Monica meet again‚ leading up to a final game of one-on-one with a lot at stake. This movie shows different representations of gender roles‚ falling somewhere in the middle of a resistant representation and a reaffirmation of gender roles. As the two main characters were the same age‚ same university‚ both at the same class standing and both play the same sport of basketball‚ gender performance was clear

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    The Miss Representation Trailer is produced by Jennifer Siebel Newsom in 2011. The trailer conveys a message of how women are subject to vulnerability by the media and how that affects society present day. This message is presented through testimonies‚ images‚ and videos. The images that are displayed throughout this trailer is focused mainly on the disparage of women. For example‚ in the trailer there is pictures of naked women that are holding products that a company wishes to advertise. Lindy

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    speaking up for them on these issues because to them this was inadequately justifiable. Taxation without representation is what the colonist have considered being done wrong by the British Government. The Colonist believed

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    don’t know her full story or the entire context behind it. This lack of accurate archaeological and historical information about Cleopatra has stimulated the collective imaginations of those who have lived after her and resulted in a multitude of representations of her character‚ both in historical records and in popular culture. The written histories from Cleopatra ’s time are inaccurate regarding her because of the individual writers ’ biases‚ which has created many different depictions of her character

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    Compare the representation of gender in Tennyson’s poetry. “The Lady of Shalott” portrays women as oppressed and trapped‚ maybe by men‚ or by society. In line seventeen he uses “and the silent isle imbowers the lady of shallot” the word ‘imbowers’ is a word used to mean imprisoned or surrounded. A bower is an old word for a Ladies private room‚ so to imbower means to close up in a bower. This could be taken‚ out of context‚ to mean she is being protected‚ but within the poem it is clear that she

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