Physiognomy

Summary: In 1992, Duneier delved into an ethnographic study of the streets of Greenwich Village, centering on the men and women who live, and work there. Duneier yearned to develop insight on “how their world works and how they see it” (p. 10) and how “these persons live in a moral order” (p. 9). Thus, over seven years he dedicated his time and efforts to directly participating alongside the men and women, all the while meticulously observing, questioning and excavating information and…

A journey of abandonment and loneliness began the night that Victor Frankenstein played God and tried to create his version of man. Fearful and feeling no paternal obligation to his creation, Frankenstein discards him due his grotesque appearance, leaving him all alone, trapped in a grotesque body only to be shunned by all of society. In nature there is a flow, and Frankenstein disrupted the flow the night he brought life to his experiment; he ran away from it in utter horror, not thinking of…

Moses, the Midwife The events of the Exodus, which will mark forever the physiognomy of the chosen people, are the real birth of the people of Israel. In them, the people understands that there is a God who want to communicate, want to enter in dialogue with them. The dialogue between God and Israel begins with a liberating intervention…

Physically attractive individuals are often viewed more favourably than unattractive people on dimensions that are weakly related or unrelated to physical looks, glamorized such as intelligence, sociability, and morality (Smith, McIntosh and Bazzini, 1999). The fact that Hollywood culture is predominantly white, Caucasian and that it has such power over people, shows how it is considered to be the mainstream standard of beauty. Celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Ritchie, both nothing…

It was transported from western, middleclass culture with its corresponding values, and applied mostly out of the context in which it was developed. Plainly this was misuse of the tests and constituted abuse. Psychological tests applied in South Africa were standardized for the white population, and applied without any adaptation to the very different context in the country; Factors, such as culture, language, socio-economic status, education and levels of acculturation of the South African…

CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION Concrete a manmade material widely and greatly used in construction Industry. This concrete is a mixture of adequate proportion of cement, water and aggregate. Hardening (or) strength of this material is obtained by the chemical action between water and cement. As the time increases the stronger it grows (i.e strength of concrete is directly proportion to its age).The durability, strength, versatility and other characteristics of concrete depends upon the properties and…