If only historical texts were focused on, it would not be an accurate portrayal of Indian history. ... (Thapar, p 18-19) If there was only focus on historical texts, there would most likely be a biased point of view. ... Literary texts give information regarding to history, such as geographical clues and cultural traditions. ... The Upanishads texts were created in order to further develop spiritual knowledge. ... From reading the Rig Veda and the Upanishads texts, one could get a feel for what life was like in earlier times. ...

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Scholars uphold works from the Literary Canon with the highest regard and proceed to manifest these works into school curriculum for literary study due to their powerful influential nature and complex ideas embedded in these texts. The Literary Canon allows us to dissemble and delve into a multitude of perspectives enabling us to gain an insightful and critical view upon these widely studied texts. ... The English Canon acts as a guide for scholars as it provides a diverse range of sophisticated texts that are guaranteed to satisfy and enhance cultivated thinking. ... Through these perspe...

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That means translators omit words or phrases that are not essential to the meaning or impact of the text. ... However, most Vietnamese translators object to this strategy and tend to translate directly for their self-described respect for the original text. ... In these situation, translators not only convey the true main ideas of original text but also show the cultural meaning behind the text. ... To me, translation by cultural substitution is the best method because of the meaning about the text and the culture that it carries....

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This severe family disharmony is something that is implicitly challenged within the text by Aboriginal values. ... Contrast the way the novelist presents men and women in the text. Link this to a feminist reading of the text." ... She seems to be the most "feminen" woman in the text. ... Oriel has had many experiences by the river.The women in the text face a number of problems. ...

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The way I saw or understood the text, however, I think it is possible that humans can communicate with each other through materialistic remains, thus I combined both fields. ... The last point that I came away with from the first chapter of Miller's text is cultural anthropology. ...

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When these thoughts of fiction or irrational assumptions became published into texts, the Orient were placed at a lower level in several different ways. Now, inaccurate knowledge was known as reality where the Orient became mere facts in printed texts as stated by Said, "such texts can create not only knowledge but also the very reality they appear to describe. ...

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Even when text is translated, it is impossible to get the exact meaning as the original text. When texts are translated from language to language the accuracy of meaning decreases substantially and causes miscommunication and disagreement which would be avoided. ...

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This was written to analyze the information gathered during the study in an approach called cultural text. ... The conclusion that he reached by using the cultural texts available is that the cocks are the physical manifestation of their ego, animality and fears. ... The cultural texts that was available may have been intended the word to be used both ways. ...

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During my study of Consumerism I have found two related texts along with two of Dawes poems, which aim to criticise, caution, persuade and educate readers. The texts include "Enter Without so much as Knocking", "Abandonment of Autos", an article from Sunday Metro "A wacko spend by Jacko" and a Leunigs cartoon. ...

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Diversity is our greatest strength. Diversity can be defined as difference, in this case, social or cultural difference. In reference to a text I have studied in class, "Voices Nearby", I shall contrast my opinion, using also my own knowledge. If we were all the same, there would be no point in l...

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"Everyday Use" The use of variety of customs in a text can broaden its horizons. Alice Walker has made her work even more interesting with this use of cultural versatility. In the story "Everyday Use" by author Alice Walker there are many uses of culture. The cultural application in this short st...

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Dobie (2002) assumes that post-colonialism refers to the texts produced after the colonized countries became independent. ... Post-colonialism is anything related to cultures, societies, and text produced after colonization. ...

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The thoughts of Anuj aren't described in the text, which makes him quite flat as a character, as he is only described by his actions. ... The message of the text is how hard arranged marriages can be. ...

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Tourism in the twenty first century is a way of communicating tradition and accumulating capital. People travel around the world to see these traditions and different cultures to see the unique nature of different people. Most of the time, this does not come with out a price. As we will see thro...

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Throughout the text, "Of Cannibals,"" by Michel de Montaigne, he suggests that the cannibals of South America take part in acts that are considered barbaric, but we must take into consideration the culture that considers these acts barbaric. ...

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Due to the complex and abstract nature of the concept of belonging, a true sense of belonging can be found in different circumstances for a variety of people. As each individual has their own desires, needs, and values, they find their place in society to gain a genuine sense of belonging. These ind...

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The resulting patterns or figures vary according to the purpose of the tattoo and the materials available for its coloration the "text" on the skin can be read as a commitment to some group, an emblem of a rite of passage, a personal or a fashion statement." ...

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Define culture using the film shown in class as your source of illustration or evidence. Culture is who we are. It's our beliefs, values and standards that we pride ourselves on. It's what we hold about ourselves that we can't change. They way one was brought up by their fam...

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One of the major themes explored in literature is the idea of belonging. It can either create a feeling of warmth and home or it can do the polar opposite and raise the idea of loneliness and the feeling of being outcast. Each idea of belonging helps to draw the audience in and create a type of rela...

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Clothes is about a young Indian woman, Sumita, and her cultural transition to America which is symbolized through the clothes that she chooses to wear. The author, Divakaruni, allows Sumita to be one of the few that actually escape cultural bounds to become an individual. By choosing certain types o...

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Throughout the text the four Indians attempt to narrate their North American Native Mythology as they undermine Christianities canonical beginnings where the Judeo-Christian God is merely portrayed as a troublesome figment of the Native trickster Coyote's imagination. ...

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Butterfly by its approach that pays particular attention to the historical situation, not merely as a decorative backdrop to the "real" work, but as an integral part of it, or even as a kind of text itself. ...

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One can read texts and find the norms of the Roman culture, but within that Roman culture there are thousands of sub-cultures, and an individual may be a Roman but do we know to what sub-cultures or communities they may also belong? ...

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The Cheese and the Worms was a story written about a sixteenth-century miller, named Domenico Scandell, who went by the name of Menocchio. He was denounced to the Holy office being accused of speaking heretical and most pious words about Christ. Carlo Ginzburg uses trial records as his primary sou...

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In today's world media is the fundamental thing that the majority of Americans look to for current news, trends, latest gossip, and base how the normal type of living should be. Many things factor into the ideas put into Americans heads. For instance, pop culture, the hip current trends and interest...

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