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Cultural Conflict as Evidenced in Contemporary Native American Literature
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An 11 page discussion of cultural conflict as is evidenced in Thomas King’s “Green Grass, Running Water”, Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Ceremony”, Gerald Vizenor’s “The Heirs of Columbus”, and Sherman Alexie’s “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”. The author notes the underlying theme of the differences in the way the environment is viewed by Native Americans verses Non-Natives and suggests that in pre-contact cultures the villain in Native American stories took the form of witchcraft while in contemporary literature it takes the form of non-Natives. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPnaLit2.rtf

CULTURAL CONTEXT OF MADAME BUTTERFLY
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This 7 page paper considers the issues of gender, colonization and human psychology from the play of David Henry Hwang, M. Butterfly. This paper parallels the Pucinni opera, but changes the outcome to reflect changed perceptions of East/West politics. Examples from the text and cited. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBlithwang.rtf

Cultural Differences in Jamaica Kincaid's Lucy
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5 pages. The interesting novel Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid gives the reader an in-depth look at the meaning of culture shock. When nineteen-year-old Lucy comes to America from the West Indies to work for a wealthy couple with four children, Lucy almost instantly sees the difference between true happiness and what is only a façade. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: JGAlucyy.rtf

Cultural Heritage as Depicted in Turtle Soup by Marilyn Chin and Nani by Alberto Rios
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This is a 4 page paper which examines how cultural heritage is depicted in the poems Turtle Soup by Marilyn Chin and Nani by Alberto Rios. The bibliography has 2 sources.
Filename: JHTurt.rtf

Cultural identity
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An eight page paper which looks at the concept of cultural identity as defined by four writers, and the way in which they have reconciled their own identity with that delineated by a multi-ethnic society. Bibliography lists 4 sources
Filename: JLident.rtf

Cultural Illusions in Hwang’s “M. Butterfly”
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A five-page paper looking at this hit play by David Henry Hwang, in the context of the questions it raises about cultural stereotypes and gender roles. The paper asserts that Gallimard’s evolution in the play is representative of the conflict between Western and Eastern philosophies. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: KBbutter.wps

Cultural influences in the structure of poetry
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A paper which considers the role of poetry in relation to high and low culture, and looks at the importance of structure in Eliot, Yeats, and Crozier's poetry and Eminem's lyrics. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: JLstruct.rtf

Cultural Stereotypes in Literature
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A 6 page paper which examines how three different novels present the reader with different cultural stereotypes. The novels discussed are “Breadgivers” by Anzia Yezierska, “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin, and “Their Eyes were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
Filename: RAanzia.rtf

Cultural Traits in Ancient Literature
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A 5 page paper which examines “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” “Oedipus the King,” and “Lysistrata” in terms of the culture of the time and the culture of today. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAlys.rtf

Cultural Values and Family Differences
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This 3 page paper describes the cultural differences of a family when one son returns to Japan from living in America.
Filename: HVCulVal.rtf