Essays About Culture
The two tables show the raw data collected from the content analysis. There were women in skimpy clothes in 65% of the 20 videos. In 20% of the videos there were women undressing. In 45% of the videos there was a female artist yearning for a male. There were women touching themselves in 50% of…
The dominant ideology that colonised “Terra Australis” and went on to construct “Australia” was patriarchal. Describe how this gendered perspective is evident in works from Australia’s past. Support your argument with reference to specific examples. Does such a view persist in the contemporary production of culture in Australia? Introduction The dominant ideology that colonised Terra…
However, if the viewer of the film reads the anthropological text before watching the film, he or she may very well be able to decipher the actions of the natives without aid from an instructor. The footage of the fight allows the student to see the full extent of the chaos involved in the…
This issue interested me because of its historical aspect and I felt like I could use my knowledge in pre historic material in favour of writing this essay. I started by looking for exact definition for ritual, I found out that although I could find books that try to define theatre and ritual, most of…
The instrumentation in “Testify” is very important in order to understand the meaning of the song, as well as the beliefs and ideals of RATM. At the beginning of the song the drums and guitar can be heard playing a type of ‘free styling’ sound. Upon first listening, it sounds as if the instruments in…
A major misconception of the oral tradition is that it consists of and continues through words or (for the purpose of this essay) lyrics only. This misconception is defied every time a musician plays a note on his instrument. Along with words, vocalized tone and rhythm play an important role in the oral tradition. These…
The ideas behind high culture, social order, knowledge of familiarity versus formal knowledge, perceptions of our environment, maturity, and significance all center around one broad, yet inescapable foundation, truth. While it sounds trite and clich to say that the human experience is validated through the quest for truth, it is nevertheless, I believe, the core…
Lawson’s actors utilize an Absurdist acting style through the foul and raw language, the sporadic singing and dancing and even through their use of props. The overt sexual references were aimed at shocking the audience and along with the over-dramatisation of events and the confrontation between characters and their issues, the elements of Absurdism are…
How espoused, actual culture fuel employee morale A description of CN’s HRM practices in relation to the culture-in-practice Major HRM practices are: These have been selected, as they are the core activities at the heart of HRM in CN. Main HRM practices that shape organizational culture in CN 1. R&S: The methods are in figure…
The setting is in ‘Sonny’s Bamboo lounge’. It is a Hawaiian style lounge bar with tables and chairs and a bar with stools. The mood is low-key and the atmosphere is relaxed. It is filled with mainly men and men accompany the women that are there. This is typical for the kind of establishment it…
One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow. ‘ The author also describes (ironically) how he pictures his father as a pioneer: ‘ cleaving a path towards the setting sun as he hotly pursued the elusive maverick and furrowed the pine bars of the red light and the…
Just before the making of the film there was political and social debates serounding the popularity of drugs. With the release of this film there then were even larger debates resulting in a cultural shift of attitudes towards drugs and how they are represented. Film has a large influence over our personal cultural interpretations of…
Fighting was partly a continuation of the Austrian War of Succession of the 1740’s and spanned form America to Europe, and from the West Indies to Africa. India was also partly involved in the conflict. This has led historians to name the American theatre of war as the French Indian War 1754-63 (Including…
It is very difficult to define this word, isn’t it? Many ‘people’ have spent plenty of time to give definition of this word. In order to define popular culture we first need to define the term ‘culture ‘. “According to Raymond Williams, culture is ‘one of the two or three most complicated words in the…
According to Strinati (2004), popular culture is produced by commercial industries for markets of consumers must be a major factor influencing this relationship. If this is so, it must play a crucial part in shaping any meanings and ideas contained in the popular culture produced and consumed. In the modern age, the popular culture…
Primal Urges, Corporate Profits and the Need to Understand What Makes Us Tick In 1947, Fortune magazine ran an article on the perennial advertising agency, J. Walter Thompson Company, which bears the namesake of its founder. The article stated that the primary cultural function of advertising was “the creation of new and daring,…
When Lindo is locked in her room by her mother in law, she grows jealous of those that have the freedom to move, she “envied this girl, the way she could walk out the door” On the other hand, Mary nor An-Mei ever experienced jealousy during their confinement, whereas Lindo did when she was locked…
This essay perceives Corrigan’s statement to be accurate that Lysistrata is definitely a more theatrical than a literary experience. There are many reasons for Lysistrata’s theatrical proficiency and they include it being written in the style of ‘Old Comedy’ the audience and their expectations especially at the festivals of Dionysus and Lenaia, the loose structure…
The poem ‘Charlotte O’Neil’s song’ was written by Fiona Farrell in the 1980’s. Fiona Farrell originates from New Zealand. This poem comes from a group of poems called passengers, passengers consists of three poems and a song. These poems were set in 1871 and were inspired by 19th Century ship records. Charlotte O’Neil is a…
A monologue from the play by Titus Maccius Plautus NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Plautus, vol. II. Trans. Paul Nixon. London: William Heinemann, 1917. HALISCA: If heaven doesn’t rescue me, I’m dead and done for, with not a soul to look to for aid! Oh, how miserable my own heedlessness makes me! Oh! how…
A monologue from the play by William Shakespeare ADRIANA: Ay, ay, Antipholus, look strange and frown.Some other mistress hath thy sweet aspects;I am not Adriana, nor thy wife.The time was once when thou unurged wouldst vowThat never words were music to thine ear,That never object pleasing in thine eye,That never touch well welcome to thy…
A monologue from the play by Titus Maccius Plautus NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Plautus, vol. II. Trans. Paul Nixon. London: William Heinemann, 1917. ALCESIMARCHUS: I do believe it was Love that first devised the torturer’s profession here on earth. It’s my own experience–no need to look further–that makes me think so, for in…
A monologue from the dialogues of Lucian NOTE: This monologue is reprinted with the author’s permission. All inquiries should be directed to the author at: [email protected] HANNIBAL: I think we can all agree that the highest praise is due to those who have fought their way to greatness from obscurity—who have pulled themselves up by…
A monologue from the play by Pedro Calderon de la Barca NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Eight Dramas of Calderon. Trans. Edward Fitzgerald. London: Macmillan & Co., 1906. PRINCE: Don Arias,I love Don Cesar with as whole a heartAs ever. He and I from infancyHave grown together; as one single soulOur joys and sorrows…
A monologue from the play by Moliere NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from The Dramatic Works of Moliere, Vol. II. Ed. Charles Heron Wall. London: George Bell & Sons, 1898. CLEANTE: No, I am not a revered doctor, brother; no, all the knowledge of this world has not found its abode in me. I have…
A monologue from the play by August Strindberg NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Plays by August Strindberg, vol. 4. Trans. Edwin Bjorkman. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1916. STUDENT: My father died in a madhouse. . . . Like all of us, he was surrounded by a circle of acquaintances whom he called friends…
When taking various factors into consideration, it would appear that the whole court case is extremely superficial. The people in the court room are described as the ‘audience’ which at first sight seems inappropriate since we are reading about a murder case. This type of case is clearly not supposed to provide any form of…
Society has engaged Its audiences and critics with Its brilliant plot spun expertly Like a spider’s web. This coming of age film explores the rebellious nature of the adolescents as they progress from childhood to adulthood. Dead Poets Society is unique with its brilliant acting, uplifting story and superb craftsmanship. The main characters in this…
Techniques Essay Essay Keating believed in educating the boys to be “free thinkers”. How did this teaching of his philosophy have a positive and/or negative impact on the boys? How has Peter Weir used film techniques to reflect this positive and/or negative impact? Throughout the duration of the film, Dead Poets Society directed by Peter…
This study follows the report of the “Mozart effect” by Rauscher Shaw, and Ky (1993, 1995). They indicated that problem solving related skills are enhanced after listening to music composed by Mozart. The objective of this study was to examine whether other music styles of a historical period (Baroque and Renaissance) other than Mozart affect…
