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    more and more westernized programming offer II. The specificities of Indian television in a globalized context A. Indian television at the time of transnationality 1. Large media companies versus local television 2. Crossing India’s borders: diaspora television B. Indian television and the process of “glocalization” 1. The “indianization” of television 2. The “hybridization” of television 2 INTRODUCTION Since its birth in 1959‚ it seems that Indian television has developed in a way

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    Khat is a green-leaved plant grown predominantly in the Horn of Africa‚ and consumed in the diaspora by emigrants from the region – Ethiopians‚ Kenyans‚ Yemenis and most notably Somalis – who report a mild‚ amphetamine-like high. Khat is legal in the UK‚ as are mafrishes‚ but spirited campaigns to outlaw it on health and social grounds have been galvanised in the past year by claims that terror cells are operating wherever khat is chewed‚ and that al-Shabaab is focusing its recruitment efforts on

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    Abstract The history of the economic and social progress of the Cayman Islands (the “islands” or the “country”) from the first inhabitants has been a journey consisting of various methods of earning income and adaptation to changes in time. As today turns into the past history takes place – it becomes evident that those methods were successfully developed to meet the growing demands of the country. Discovery History On 10th May 1503 Christopher Columbus sighted the Cayman Islands on his

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    movies not only acts as a bridge between home and diaspora‚ but helps transmit the culture and traditions that play a crucial role in maintaining “Indianness‚” among second-generation Indian Americans. A Brief History of Bollywood Industry According to Basu (2004)‚ preserving and maintaining one’s own culture and identity has become a serious challenge. However‚ with the increasing popularity of

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    The year was 1600‚ and Spain was unquestionably at the zenith of its power. After a successful Reconquista and explosion of colonization‚ the Spanish Empire had built a powerful military‚ a cohesive empire throughout Europe and the North and South of the Americas‚ and was looking forward to Cultural Revolution and continued growth in overseas trade. This was the Spanish Golden Age‚ when the Iberian Nation was unrivaled as the cultural and economic hegemon of Europe. It seems insanity that in one

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    Sociology‚ he has done significant studies on race‚ racism and culture which have been greatly influential in the recent times. Gilroy’s book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness (published in 1993) marks a landmark in the study of diasporas. In The Black Atlantic‚ which is a critique of cultural nationalism‚ he applies a cultural studies approach to provide a study of African intellectual history and its cultural construction. By positing the Atlantic as a unit of analysis‚ Gilroy gives

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    why Eveline would want to stay in Dublin. Everything seemed right in place for her to begin a new life with a man she supposedly trusted and wanted to be with. The interactive orals gave me a better understanding of how much of an impact the ’Irish Diaspora’‚ ’Roman Catholicism’‚ the ’Role of Women in Ireland’ and ’Ireland in the New World’ contributed to her paralysis and seeming inability to give up her old life and start a new one. The first presentation in the interactive orals was about ’Roman

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    2.4 Norman and Angevin rule 2.5 In the United Kingdom 2.6 Immigration and assimilation 2.7 Current national and political identity 3 English diaspora 3.1 United States 3.2 Canada 3.3 Australia 3.4 Other communities 4 Culture 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 7.1 Diaspora 8 External links English nationality Although

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    Part A 1) Diaspora space is an area individual’s move to that is not where they are originally from or identify as their own. It is culture as a site of travel (Clifford). Space is more than just a place of living; it can be divided into many components such as place‚ race‚ bodies and knowledge production (Patel‚ Lecture 2). 2) Power- knowledge nexus/relation is a theory that’s says knowledge isn’t just about data‚ instead it is about generating information to gain power‚ they work hand in hand‚

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    Turning Point in Jewish History Diaspora will not be the death of a religion. The concept may seem to make sense to us‚ but the realization of this is what turned desperation of a displaced people into a lasting religion. The Babylonian exile of the Jews had such monumental and lasting effects‚ it has become proverbial. There have been many events in Jewish History that can be seen as specific turning points. Arguably‚ the most pivotal turning point may have been within the years of about 632

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