As Hall goes through her story and arguments, she paces it well, doesn't have illogical arguments, and she gives good and relevant background information. ... Hall argues that Senegambia is the root of traditional African-Creole culture and she gives sound documents and arguments to back up her claim. ... The arguments in this chapter are backed by many stories and documents of events that lend credence to Hall's very intriguing and sound debate. ... Hall then makes a sound claim how all these conditions combined to create "the most Africanized slave culture in the United Stat...

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The spread of information, the ease of communication, and the loosening of national boundaries have changed the way we think of and treat others from different communities. ... Harvey argues that a sound structure must be put in place by governmental forces to maximize the collective influence. ... In the introduction to his book "A Brief History of Neoliberalism," Harvey examines the process in which markets succeed when their governments create an infrastructure that allows individuals to make their own market decisions while simultaneously providing a safety net for those who are ...

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Language uses symbols (words) which are given sounds varying from culture to culture. ... Transmission is how we pass information on. ... Each language has its own sounds and rules for using their symbols. ... There are five major functions of non-verbal communication that can be found on pages 170-171 in the book. ... Complementing is similar to repeating, but differs in it adds more information to messages. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Furthermore it is very difficult from a non-European perspective to really understand your cultures" struggles unless they are presented with writings and information that come "within" your culture itself. For example, from Alice Walker's book, The Color Purple, Alice writes about the pain and experiences that she has faced or has witnessed. ... They take literacy from their culture and reinvent it to fit soundly into other cultures, where the message taker can interpret the meanings and thoughts from their own cultural background (connecting with the African-American literacy styles)....

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The musical sound is normally dark and the music should talk to you (The Gothic Subculture). ... According to Porter, Goths also enjoy a broad range of literature from history to the classics, as well as certain magazines and comic book (example "The Crow"). ...

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