Webster's Dictionary defines the term "humanities" as "Those branches of knowledge, such as philosophy, literature, and art, that are concerned with human thought and culture; the liberal arts." ... One definition of the term "genius" that Websters Dictionary provides is "A person who has an exceptionally high intelligence quotient, typically above 140." ... Webster's Dictionary provides over eight different definitions of the word "culture". ... The dictionary defines bourgeois as "1. ...

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"Her Mother," is a short story in Appachana's first book, "Incantation and Other Stories." It was published in England in 1991 and in America in 1992. It is a short story collection that examines middle-class Indian life, especially among families who cross international boundaries. Her Mother tell...

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The topic of Ecofeminism is a unique one with many different perspectives. In the book Environmental Ethics, they define ecofeminism differently than you would find in a dictionary, or on a website. The book's definition applies the word oppression to compare women and nature. Therefore we must comp...

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The Webster dictionary defines culture as: ..the total pattern of human behavior and artifacts and depending on man's capacity of learning and transmitting knowledge through the use of tools, language, and system of abstract thought, b: the body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits constituting a distinct complex or tradition of a racial, religious or social group. ... The Websters Dictionary (2002) defines the term ethnic as: 2a: relating to community of physical and mental traits possessed by members of a group as a product of their common heredity and cultural t...

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If we want to look at the world countries from a neutral view, we can easily reach the following opinion: "The powerful countries are becoming more powerful, the third world countries are becoming poorer in term of their economical situation."" If we search for the reasons of this gap between rich ...

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The world is full of different cultures. Every country and continent on earth has several different cultures with several different belief systems and values, and anthropology studies all these cultures throughout time. Aspects of anthropology like enculturation and ethnography I found particularl...

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Most contemporary foraging groups, such as the !Kung and other Bushman tribes, are viewed as a "primitive- people. Some have even gone as far to say that they are "the last representatives of the Stone Age."" While it is true that these people have the most similar culture to what we believe primiti...

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