In 1990‚ both Eve Sedgwick (Epistemology of the Closet) and Judith Butler (Gender Trouble) made significant contributions to the ever burgeoning field of queer studies with theories about sexuality as performance. Following the central Foucauldian thread in which sexual conduct is but a construct specific to one’s cultural context and a factor of historical and cultural connotations‚ queer theorists proposed gender as a socially and culturally constructed performance. The performance of gender is
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Indigenous People of Latin America Throughout the world‚ when new lands were conquered‚ old customs would be lost. However‚ in Latin America‚ a great deal of their indigenous tribes not only survived being conquered‚ they are still around today. Different regions of Latin America are home to different peoples and many tribes are part of ancient full-fledged kingdoms. Some of these kingdoms are among the most well-known in the world. The Meso-American native peoples make Latin America famous. These
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In Latin America‚ the rise of wealth in the first world and backwash the development in the third world caused the unachievable with the “Trickle Down” of the third world (McKay‚ 2016). The reconstruction in the European countries were subsidized by the external assistant rather than their internal improvement (Richard‚ 2015) which call “Dependency Theory”. Dependency theory was designed to respond the modernization theory (Reyes 2001a). This theory focuses on the development of the third world which
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I am a victim of the educational disproportionality in the public school system. I didn’t see the extent of the damage that had been done to me until I came to college and noticed how other students were unscathed by the inequities in the public education system. However‚ it was only because I was used to being in the same ineffective system surrounded by the same students who also didn’t know the experience of getting a higher quality education‚ but not anymore. Education is a powerful thing‚ and
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empire‚ it was generally adjacent to and west of the nation’s existing boundaries. The United States wanted to stay neutral outside warfare. Military entanglement was not advantageous. However‚ the United States also threated to intervene in other Latin American affairs in the early 1890s‚ primarily as a way to counter growing British influence in the region. The United States need to turn away from
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Political systems are built in a country to manage the institutions of resource allocation‚ citizen’s rights and national security. When the government is no longer satisfactorily maintaining these institutions‚ political change is bound to occur. In Latin America‚ during the 30’s and 40’s‚ the governments of Brazil and Argentina failed and therefore political revolutions overthrew the old regimes. Getulio Vargas and Juan Peron rose to power with Populist platforms appealing to the masses. In order to
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The main subject of the poem is the sudden appearance of the snake and the surprised reactions of the poet and her companion. The snake does no harm to the walkers and they in turn do not harm the snake. As an environmentalist‚ Wright sought to preserve the natural surroundings in Australia. She cared intensely for the Aboriginal people who lived in close intimacy with nature which the settlers did not. The poem‚ on the surface‚ is about the sudden appearance of the snake but it could also
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Erwin Rommel Explain the strengths and weaknesses of your chosen commander. Erwin Rommel fought as a German lieutenant in France‚ Romania‚ and Italy in World War I. Rommel’s courage‚ strong understanding of his troops‚ and great leadership showed potential for a glorious career. He also was a very talented military teacher who was appointed to posts at a range of military academies after WW1. (Gorlitz‚ Encyclopedia Britannica) During Rommel’s six-week campaign on the invasion of France (1940)
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Resilience is our ability to adapt and bounce back when things don’t go as planned. Judith Rodin defines five characteristics of resilience as being aware‚ diverse‚ integrated‚ self-regulating and adaptive. I will examine awareness and integrated because I find these two characteristics interesting and an essential aspect of resilience. According to Rodin‚ being aware is an important characteristic of resilience because you have to know your weakness and strengths to be able to effectively prepare
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In Latin American macho culture having a homosexual child is usually cause of shame for most parents. In some settings‚ men are supposed to have sex with women‚ besides their own wives‚ as a manner of proving not just their conquering abilities‚ but their sexual prowess. A friend of my husband used to behave in such a manner‚ and bragged about it. To this man‚ getting a sexually transmitted disease was not just an inconvenience‚ but a motive of pride —"it is nothing more than an occupational hazard
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