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    Since 1970s‚ with the publication of Edward Said’s Orientalism(1978)‚ many Western scholars have reinterpreted this novel from a new perspective‚ Orientaist criticism. Though E. M. Forster shows great courage in exposing the British rule in India and in expressing his deep sympathy to the colonized Indian people in the novel‚ as a writer in the imperial country‚ he could not avoid being affected with the deep-rooted Western collective thought of Orientalism and Europocentrism. Adopting

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    their way of upbringing their child is the right way. That is no different from Amy Chua. In her article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”1‚ she compares the way Chinese children and Western children are raised. From Amy Chua’s point of view Western parents are just not strict enough “All the same‚ even when Western parents think they’re strict‚ they usually don’t come close to being Chinese mothers.”2. She believes in the Chinese parenting way Amy Chua is a professor at Yale Law School in the

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    Do “Asian value” and “orientalism” exist? For the nature of Asia itself‚ Asia is the largest continent by landmass and covers 8.6% of the Earth’s surface and hosts 60% of the world’s current human population. With so much diversity‚ is it possible to for Asians to share quintessential values which only exist in the area of Asia? In some extent‚ the answer is yes as Asians‚ like people of any other region (i.e. Latin Americans)‚ hold their own cultural norms‚ rituals‚ and traditions inherited from

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    allowing man to take it by the hand and understand its momentum. While the western world use a knife and fork‚ the Chinese use chopsticks. Of course Video game testing irons out misconceptions from our consciousness. When one is faced with people of today a central theme emerges - Video game testing is either adored or despised‚ it leaves no one undecided. Society is powered by peer pressure‚ one of the most powerful forces in the world. As long as peer pressure uses its power for good‚ Video game testing

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    individual’s decision about buying something.They symbolise their fantasy and dentify with them. If there favourite star‚ sportsman or model is promoting a product‚ they would buy it irrespective of its utility and need. Revlon is a leading cosmetic brand world wide‚ instead of one promoter‚ the brand has a promoter for each country. Halle Berry a Miss America promotes the brand in Usa‚ the american women identify her and are in awe

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    to do so‚ the Meiji looked to the western civilizations. The Meiji sent young men to study abroad and learn new traits from the west. Before this drastic move the traditional Japanese society was largely isolated from all other civilizations. By doing this the Japanese managed to strengthen the economy‚ strengthen the government‚ and make social reforms. <br> <br>Meiji leaders made the economy a major priority. They encouraged Japan’s business class to adopt western methods. They Japanese built railroads

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    In the play M. Butterfly‚ David Henry Hwang portrays examples of how the practice of Orientalism and race and gender stereotypes in western culture functioned in the relationship between Gallimard and Song and he subverts these stereotypes towards the end of the play. It is apparent that Hwang is showing us how Song played up to the exploited image of Oriental women as demure and submissive and used Gallimard’s exotic and imperialistic view of the East to trick Gallimard for Song’s own needs.

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    Assignment 1 This case addresses Sharp’s concern regarding their business model going into the future‚ as they are quickly losing momentum after being a world leader in their industry for the previous decades. An integral part of the re-evaluation deals with whether or not Sharp should expand its business into other countries. The decision maker in this case Mikio Katayama‚ President of Sharp Corporation. An engineering graduate‚ he was an unusual success with the company by being able to clearly

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    Through these three words‚ David Henry Hwang is able to convey the basic principles of Orientalism in his play‚ M. Butterfly. Orientalism was created by Western culture—primarily European countries—in order to separate Eastern and Western cultures: the Orient (China and other Asian countries) and the Occident (France‚ England and other Western European countries). According to Edward Said’s‚ The Edward Said Reader‚ “…the Orient is an idea that has a history and a tradition of thought‚ imagery‚

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    Art History World Art Exam II 1. In this paper were going to look at four different cultures and two pieces of art work from each. These are cultures that we have discussed in class over this last semester and our found in the book Art a Brief History by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren . The four cultures of art that we are going to look at are Japanize‚ Chinese‚ Indian‚ and African. The Japanese started out in the beginning borrowing the Chinese and Korean culture‚ and blending

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