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    Sexism And Normality

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    There is a sense of normalcy instilled in our social culture‚ we have preconceived notions of what a normal human should be like—able-bodied and fully functional. When we meet someone who does not meet our criteria of normal‚ say a disabled person‚ we automatically think of and focus on all the ways in which they are different‚ and‚ in the process‚ separate them from ourselves. Because disabled people are categorized as people that do not fall into the norm‚ their wishes to assimilate in the normal

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    Modern Racist Paradigm‚ page 1 A documentary “Refers to a film or video that explores a subject in a way the public expects to be factual and accurate. Documentaries may be balanced by including various view points‚ or they may be subjective‚ offering the viewpoint and impressions of one producer.” (PBS‚ 2007) When watching a documentary‚ we look at non-fiction sources and opinions. In this day and time‚ we have documentary’s that educate the young and give a considerable amount of information

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    Concept of Culture

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    Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions. New York: Vintage Books. 1952. Encyclopaedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite . The culture concept in anthropology. Chicago: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishing House. 2007. Said‚ Edward. Orientalism. New York: Vintage Books. 1978. Murdock‚ G. P. "The Science of Culture". American Anthropologist vol. 34‚ 1932.

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    Religious holidays in Turkey There are two religious holidays or feasts‚ the first is Seker Bayrami (3 days) which comes immediately after 30 days of fasting in the Ramadan and the second is Kurban Bayrami (4 days) which follows 70 days after Seker Bayrami. In Turkish‚ Bayram is "feast" or "holiday"‚ seker is "sweets" and kurban is a "sacrifice". The dates of religious holidays come 10 days earlier each year because of the difference between the Lunar Year (354 days) and the Solar Year (365 days)

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    signed the defeat in the War of the League of Ausburg. 11. Inverted perspective is a method of painting‚ in which the more distant objects from the viewer are displayed larger. Thus‚ the lines converge not on the horizon‚ but within the viewer. 12. Orientalism is a style in art appeared in the XIXth century‚ in which Western artists depict the Graham 5 aspects of the Eastern‚ Asian‚ and African cultures‚ understood as static and development deprived. 13. Anamorphic is a specific characteristic of lenses

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    Morocco‚ its geographical terra firma‚ citizens and culture‚ has titillated foreigners long times ago‚ even before the colonial era. Many travellers‚ writers and anthropologists like Edith Wharton‚ Paul Bowles‚ Clifford Geertz‚ and others have made of Moroccan traditions and civilization the main themes of their books. Amid the western industrial uprising under the patronage of the imperial inclination‚ cavalcades of western writers and film makers have portrayed Morocco according to the colonialist

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    A critical reflection on the Bahraini revolution By Zahra Abbas Contents page Acknowledgments 1 - Background

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    Impressionism vs Post Impressionism Modern culture is believed to be the brainchild of two versions of the Protestant worldview: the northern French positivism and irrationalism. If the first is trying to discern the signs of the afterlife in the image of reality (which is actually a reflection of the culture established meanings)‚ the second

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    Caste Inequalities in India Today – SatishDeshpande (origin of sc- the govt of india act 1935 required the preparation of schedules listing the castes and tribes forming the ‘depressed classes’) summary the 1980-90 witnessed ‘the return of the repressed’- the renewed militancy and social visibility of the lower classes. During the Nehruvian era‚ Caste was among the few ‘traditional’ institutions that were presented as all bad‚ as social evils without any redeeming features. And in 1950’s

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    in the skin of a lion

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    Michael Ondaatje’s novel‚ In the Skin of a Lion‚ can be said to have textual integrity as a result of the way in which the composer has shaped this novel‚ through a variety of techniques employed. Textual integrity itself can be said to embody a timelessness in literature: that is‚ good literature is shaped by its textual integrity‚ reflected in the ways in which values within a text are presented‚ as well as the universality of themes discussed. Setting exists in three spheres that are often seen

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