I am very interested in experiencing the diverse culture while having the chance to live near prominent historical and art-focused sites such as the British Museum, National Gallery, and Shakespeare's Globe while still being minutes away from the vibrant and cosmopolitan city with remarkable sightseeing and entertainment options. Studying abroad at an ivy league study abroad site in London will allow me to engage in a distinct, stimulating academic atmosphere, immerse myself in a unique culture, and learn to appreciate public health and social work strategies in environments around the w...

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Economic recession, however, seemed to stop as 1920 began, and the second part of the early 20-century was opened with the rise of nativism, Red Scare. 1920's, the era of "normalcy", were a time of significant change in society, economy and politics because people in society were more prosperous based on the growth of economy, and also many immigrants from other countries such as Latin Americans, Europeans, and Asians brought their different cultures into American society that transformation of society occurred. The flow of migration from other countries, however, caused a conflict in Am...

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If in the anti-elitist atmosphere of the 1960s still anyone believed in the idea of the artist as a genius it was Andy Warhol who thoroughly disabused them: in his latest act of devotion and surrender to America's mass culture he develops a process that enables him to photographically transfer tabloid and advertisement pictures directly on to a silkscreen, allowing not only the infinite production of the original work but also the elimination of any apparent sign of the artist's involvement. ... Once the film of scholarly mystification is removed, clarity, precision, solidity, lustre...

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The rise of the consumer culture is a phenomenon characterizing the 20th and 21st centuries, where the economy depends on the population's spending on goods and services. Before the Industrial Revolution – that is, before the 18th century in England, or the 19th century in Western Europe and North America – the majority of population lived in rural areas and worked in agriculture, where the resources for production were limited. ... It is generally believed that advertising manipulates the society through the products of consumer culture and promotes a false understanding o...

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Furthermore, Conrad continues by portraying Marlow as a stereotypical English gentleman whilst being an impressive and independent thinker who draws his own conclusions this informs the reader that although Marlow's opinion may be influenced by his European corruption: his conclusions and thoughts are crucial to comprehension of the theme. ... However, unfortunately for the natives the cleanliness of Europeans' clothing is far more important than there life. ... Furthermore, the idea that the colonists are the origin of the trouble is expertly illustrated by the author when the nativ...

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Her Chinese parents strongly promote family allegiance in endeavors rather than setting their children free like European and American families. Therefore we are able to see the influence of Leila's mother Mah and her Step Father Leon in her decision-making and overall assimilation into American Culture. ... "(Ng, 160) Both her parents are unable to assimilate into American Culture and Leila finds it extremely difficult to leave behind her Chinese Heritage in order to establish an American one. ... " Essentially Leila establishes that the estrangement and inability to assimila...

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In Skrzynecki's poem, "10 Mary Street," the family's ability to connect with the culture and spirituality of Poland has allowed them to establish a long-lasting sense of belonging to the house. ... Paul Keating's "Redfern Speech" reflects on the impact of the exclusion of Indigenous Australians, thus stressing the need for the acceptance and recognition of their culture. ... refugees from Europe and Asia?"... Keating urges society to acknowledge the Indigenous culture and enrich their experience of belonging by questioning "can we find just solutions to...the people to whom the ...

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By the middle of the 19th century, liberal thought concerning constitutionalism, wider suffrage, toleration of dissent, absence of arbitrariness, and policies designed to promote happiness had acquired powerful advocates in Britain and other European countries and in the United States. Despite a prevalent tendency to find fault with the U.S., European visitors considered that nation an exemplar of liberalism because of its popular culture, emphasis on equality, and wide suffrage. ...

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During the Charter Generation images of slavery were dominated by the first generation of colonial slaves- the worldly Atlantic Creole, the man of some African heritage and considerable exposure and familiarity of Western culture (Franklin 71). The intermediary role that creoles played in the translation of one culture to another is crucial to the growth of the African slave trade in the Chesapeake. ... During this time, due to a labor shortage, the slave trade intensified as Europeans moved deeper and deeper into Africa. As the numbers of European servants decreased, the number of slaves fr...

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Simon Reynolds attempts to bridge the gap with "Generation Ecstasy," an exhaustive compendium of almost every rave-associated sound and idea, both half-baked and momentous, that traces the digital Diaspora back and forth across Europe and America. ... The drug-tech interface gives "Generation Ecstasy" a narrative backbone that applies again and again, across continents and cultures from Texas, where Ecstasy culture first reared its head in the mid-'80s, to Scotland, Holland, and Germany. ...

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"In Some Could Suckle over Their Shoulder", Jennifer Morgan gathers journal entries from European explorers to make the case that white people used African women's bodies as an apparatus to "convey an emergent notion of racialized difference.... " Morgan writes that this beastly description represented to Ligon, and similarly-minded Europeans of the time, the sole utility of the black woman's body as a producer of crops and more laborers. Additionally, their "monstrous" bodies suggested savagery, substantiating European conceptions of African inferiorit...

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