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Ozu/Tokyo Story
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A 5 page research paper/essay that discusses Yasujiro Ozu's 1953 film Tokyo Story, which is considered to be one of the finest ever produced in Japan (Russell 50). In this canonical film, Ozu, who also co-authored the screenplay, addresses a cultural generation gap that emerged in post-World War II Japan. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khozu.rtf

Pa Chin's "Family" - Author's Message
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4 pages in length. The alluring tug of Western cultural ideology is pitted against traditional Chinese values in Pa Chin's book entitled Family. With two of three sons firmly planted within the outstretched arms of social and cultural evolution and the eldest struggling to respect his past yet also reach out toward change, Yeh-Yeh finds himself being forced to learn a few lessons about conventional mores and giving way to transformation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCPaChinFam.rtf

PACIFIC ASIA AND ITS ROLE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
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This 8-page paper discusses the potential role of Pacific Asia in the 21st century, from the point of view of politics and economics. Also discussed is some Pacific Asia history for perspective. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTpacasi.rtf

Parenting in the Chinese Culture:
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This 5 page paper discusses Chinese culture in regards to parenting, discipline, and the rearing of children. This paper highlights similarities and differences in terms of Chinese parenting methods and American parenting methods. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: GSChincu.rtf

Patterns of Chinese Immigration in the USA
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A twelve page paper, based on the concepts in Bernard Wong’s Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship: Immigrant Chinese in the San Francisco Bay Area, which looks at the similarities and differences between the cultural, social and professional characteristics of the two main groups of Chinese-Americans; those who are descended from the first wave of immigration in the nineteenth century and those who were part of the second wave which began in the 1960s.
Filename: JLwong.wps

Performing Arts of India: Rasa
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A 5 page paper which examines and analyzes the element of Rasa in India’s performing arts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RArasa.rtf

Personal experiences of birth and death,and their impact on the individual
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A paper which looks at the way in which a Chinese-American man coped with the death of his father and the birth of his daughter, and the subsequent changes in the way that he percieved himself and his role in the family and the community.
Filename: JLjian.rtf

Pharr/Losing Face, Status Politics in Japan
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A 7 page book review that addresses the text Losing Face: Status Politics in Japan by Susan Pharr. The writer argues that this book not only addresses an issue that is of crucial importance to understanding to democratic governance, i.e., the "problem of equality," but the author also demonstrates how this issue is handled specifically within the context of Japanese culture. In so doing, Pharr offers Western readers valuable insight into Japanese culture; how it has adapted and changed in the post-World War II world, and also how Confucian influences can still be discerned within the workings of the Japanese government. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khpharr.rtf

Philippine Cultural Diversity
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The people and culture of the Philippines have a long and exceptional history. This 10 page paper argues against the idea that the Filipino culture is 'imitative' and is, rather, extremely rich as well as varied and unique. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KTfilips.wps

Photographic Representation of People in China: 1840-1930
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A 5 page paper which presents an examination of photographic work depicting the people of China, through Westerner's eyes, from 1840-1930. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAphotoch.wps