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    Femicide

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    Femicide in Mexico: A National Cancer “Maria Isabel‚ a 15-year-old student who worked in a shop‚ was raped and tortured; her body was found in a bag‚ tied with barbed wire‚ her face disfigured and her nails torn out.” (Prieto-Carron‚ Thomson‚ and Macdonald‚ p.25) Throughout the history of the world‚ patriarchy has been rooted into the very essence of our lives‚ shaping our thoughts and actions. Patriarchy is present in virtually every society and unfortunately is the underlying problem to most

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    The fourth division of the research attempts to better understand consumer lifestyles through factor analysis. We find that Coors has a relatively neutral stance in terms of innovation and risk-aversion‚ but has a higher score in terms of machismo. We identify that brands with the closest positioning are Busch‚ Michelob and Blatz. Of the

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    Bayardo San Roman‚ just like every other character in the novel‚ is a product of Colombian values and traditions. These values are not in sync with those shared by many modern viewers like the readers Marquez purposely creates this stark contrast between different views on Bayardo San Roman‚ successfully illustrating the evolution of societal norms and expectations through time. The townsfolk see Bayardo San Roman as the perfect man. He arrives with “saddlebags decorated with silver” to match the

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    is appropriated to speak of the product in terms of the same relationship so the shoes (signifier) can represent speed and talent in football (signified). The car comes with its own sign system also‚ with its image representing speed‚ luxury‚ and machismo. The shoes also represent luxury in its connection to not only the car‚ but also Messi and Villa - only the best footballers wear these shoes. Not only is the connection made by having these placed within the same ad‚ but a series of editing techniques

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    The Play Ground

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    this sentence‚ that he understands how women view men. That he knows they see men as distant. In the next sentence he turns his attention to his male readers. “They tell us that we are remote and uncommunicative‚ that we need to demonstrate less machismo and more commitment‚ more humanity. Here John Katz is speaking to the brotherhood of men by the use of the words: us‚ we‚ and they. The structure of this essay is illustration by bringing a clearer understanding of boys and their journeys’

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    Film Report on “American Me”: A Therapeutic Perspective Taj Gunter: March 2008 “American Me” is a fictional film having a factual basis‚ starring and directed by Edward James Olmos. Released to the national theater circuit in 1992‚ “American Me” depicts the life of Rodolfo Cadena‚ a ranking Carnal (gang member) in the prison gang La Eme‚ also known as the Mexican Mafia. To therapeutically approach the salience and pervasiveness of

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    Essay 1: Community‚ Responsibility‚ and Guilt The novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells the story of Santiago Nasar’s death. More importantly it tells the story of what values and honor mean to a community and to what extent one can go to maintain that standard. A central theme in the novel is how a society can pressurize its people to act and behave in a certain way. They feel bound by a standard that if not kept‚ then it will bring shame to their family. In the novel

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    Mexican Migrant Workers

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    Steve Zissou WS 3220 12/16/2010 Dr. Karen Women Migrant Workers: From Mexico to the U.S. Migrant workers have long played a crucial role in the economy of the United States‚ there has always been a rather heavy flow of both legal and illegal immigrants to the United States. There is a large variety of different jobs available for both legal and illegal immigrants in the United States‚ many women find work with more affluent families and are employed as nannies or maids. Some women

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    Gender Trouble

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    Gender Trouble Butler believes that sex and gender are political/ideological and cultural constructs of the body‚ due to her view that sex is biological and gender is a social construct. She believes that this dichotomy introduces cognitive dissonance into women‚ inducing them to conform to perverse standards of femininity constructs. Both Butler and Wittig say women are not a “’natural group: a racial group of a special kind‚ a group perceived as natural‚ a group of men considered as materially

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    In Chronicles of a Death Foretold‚ Gabriel Marquez illustrates an elaborate story incorporating the invaluable theme of theatricality. The excessive pride expressed by the males in the Colombian society indicates their wish to stand out and be prominent. The dramatic actions taken by men to preserve their honor dramatically involves the whole community in their affairs. As well as the male bravado put on in the society‚ where the theatrical actions garners attention from the community. The theatricality

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