started to imitate them at Badami‚ Aihole‚ Ellora‚ Salsette‚ Elephanta‚ Aurangabad and Mahabalipuram. The rock-cut art has continuously evolved‚ since the first rock cut caves‚ to suit different purposes‚ social and religious contexts‚ and regional differences. Alongside the art forms like architecture‚ paintings and sculpture‚ there have been evolving‚ changing‚ transforming‚ folk and tribal art traditions in India. These art forms are expression of people belonging to different cultural and social
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Cross Cultural Encounters This piece of text reflects clearly the cross cultural differences of the Europeans and the people of Western Africa. It does not mention the relationship in the 15th and 16th centuries with the Portuguese traders who revered the Benin people‚ if you look closely at the way that it has been written‚ the biased opinion towards the European community is quite unfounded. The Europeans had little knowledge of the Western African people; they heard stories of sacrifice cannibalism
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“They have no central leadership‚ no master plan‚ no fixed structures‚ and no self-representation as a single entity. Their actions as a group are the result of local contacts and temporary synchronizations. These forms of collective performances are responsible for numerous ongoing cultural‚ social‚ and political transformations.” (Fischer-Lichte‚ 2009:1) It is within this social frame of performative collectives that counter-narratives take form. Such narratives conjure a linear view of history
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Under the period known as the Porfiriato (1876-1911)‚ Mexico grew economically but it not developed and the majority of Mexicans were left behind. During the Porfiriato Mexico would prosper like it had never before. The elite in Mexico were the hacendados‚ who saw the Indians as an impediment for progress. For example‚ a científico named Francisco Bulnes believed that the Indians were sullenly intractable and hopelessly inferior who responded only to the logic of force than to reason. During this
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101 Characteristics of Americans/American Culture To help you compare and contrast what you observe of American culture and your own‚ mark the similarities and differences between your culture and what you have read about in this book. 1. America is enormous: the third largest country in the world with a population of more than 300 million people. 2. Americans come in all colors‚ have all types of religions‚ and speak many languages from all over the world. 3. Americans are extremely independent
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In American advertisements and entertainment‚ sex is everywhere. Women in revealing bikinis are on TV‚ shirtless men displaying six packs are on billboards‚ and couples in intimate poses take up glossy two-page spaces in magazines. This is by no means unintentional. Media moguls make calculated moves when inserting touches of sensuality and eroticism into their publications‚ for reasons wrapped into one simple yet popular phrase: sex sells. This idea then can reflect the opposite way in the eyes
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Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries‚ the American educational system has undergone much transition in response to our changing society. Though there have been many problems raised throughout the years in regard to what our school systems should be teaching our children‚ there have also been many developments. In the final decades of the 20th century‚ education has continued to evolve in order to meet society’s demands. The transformation of society has created numerous problems in the educational
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AMERICAN HOLOCAUST The other side of the story to our great American history is not as pretty as they teach us in grade school. The American Holocaust by David Stannard is a novel full of live excerpts from eyewitnesses to the genocide of the American Indians. He goes as far as to describe what life was most likely like before Europeans came to the Americas and obliterated the "Paradise" so described. Columbus even wrote how beautiful the places were in which he committed acts against the Natives
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American English is now different from its British mother and we could say it is more than another dialect due to its importance nowadays. At the beginning of its history‚ after the American emancipation‚ there were two opposite attitudes towards the language: those who wanted to eradicate any legacy from the colonization and did not want a British model for their language and those who felt language loyalty towards mother- English. But finally‚ as in many British colonies‚ linguistic emancipation
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After learning American history‚ which acknowledged me a lot of the interesting things‚ I understand how wonderful the U.S it is. The best thing I see that the American characters such as diverse ethnicities and religions‚ independence and freedom‚ liberty and equality‚… which shaped by the powerful union for the better the lives of all immigrants. Therefore‚ I realize the history that helps me wisely how to fit into the American society like an immigrant. The notion American Exceptionalism is an
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