Borderlands

This paper aims to define causes of decline and fall of The Western Roman Empire through analyzing wide range of factors including its military failures, economic crisis, interior and exterior pressures. The Western Roman Empire which become known as The Holy Roman Empire established vast and powerful state through fighting with their neighbors and expanding its territories over its time of over five hundred years. But eventually, certain important political and economic problems emerged which…

identity comes from the past and is experiencing a continued transformation. On the other hand, Anzaldua believes that one’s identity can be shaped through breaking down the “labels and theories” used to control him/her (135). By positing herself in “borderlands between culture, races, languages, and gender,” she recognizes herself as a new mestiza (137). 2. According to Hall, colonialism plays a role in displacing Africans identities, making them become an unspeakable presence. Then, the…

Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, has lived a life of performance. At age 66, Caitlyn has won an Olympic gold medal, fathered six children, and, most recently, transitioned from male to female. For many people, even my father, reconciling with the fact that his childhood role model is no longer a man is difficult. However, in Jenner’s tell-all E! series, I Am Cait, she reveals, though she was born anatomically a male, for her entire life she always knew she was a woman. She crossed…

The Authors are credited for two editions of Worlds Together Worlds Apart and acknowledged for their work internationally, for instance, considered “The most globally integrated book in its field, Worlds Together, Worlds Apart is now available in a Concise 2nd Edition. Drawing even clearer connections and comparisons across time and place, this re-imagined text and companion adaptive learning program provide a wealth of new tools that will enhance reading comprehension and develop fundamental…

In 1211 the battle between the Mongols and the Jin Dynasty was between the Chinese and the Mongols. The Chinese were led by Shi Tianze and Liu Heima. The Mongols were led by Genghis Khan. Some of the background information for the Mongols conquest of the Jin Dynasty was that the Jin had the support of the steppe tribes which had caused some rivalries between the tribes. The Mongols had gotten together under the rule of Khabul Khan. But they were torn apart by the Jin. The Jin had gotten the…

Michael Ondaatje expresses the concept of human nature and its struggle to survive the cruelties of death and war through various character developments throughout his Canadian novel Anil’s Ghost, particularly through Gamini, the brother of Sarath. Specifically, late in the novel, the main plot involves Anil’s investigation report being confiscated and her well being at risk, while the sub plot in the perspective of Gamini reveals that Sarath—who finds safe passage for Anil out of the island—…

In an attempt to give body meaning, Irigaray refuses to accept the binary of the sexed body. Patriarchy views the male and female body within a constant framework. Time-periods, cultures, and traditions shape the body with different representations. Irigaray wants the body removed from its normative constraints of patriarchy. This paper consists of Irigaray’s theory while also comparing and contrasting it to other theorists including Bartky, Anzaldua, and Daly. Luce Irigaray is a well-known…

Xianrendong Cave Pottery (18,000 BCE) and Yuchanyan Cave Pottery (16,000 BCE) that Chinese pottery was the first type of ceramic ware in East Asia. We also know from the dating of the Amur River Pottery that Chinese know-how had spread into the Siberian borderlands by 14,300 BCE at the latest. So it is almost certain that Jomon pottery, of which the earliest known example comes from the Odaiyamamoto I site in the Tohoku region of northern Japan dating to 14,540 BCE was based originally on…

Both Leslie Marmon Silko and Gloria Anzaldia discuss about borders and their functions. Anzaldia claims that borders are meant to separate the safe from the unsafe and ‘us – non-whites’ from ‘them - whites’. However, she argues that borderland – area near a border – is not as fixed as borders. Silko also states that: “…. borders haven’t worked, and they won’t work, not now, as indigenous people of the Americas reassert their kinship and solidarity with one another. A mass migration is already…

North America. The relationships between Europeans and Natives was based on many factors. The size and length of time the settlers stayed, as well as their intentions such as trade, resources, and religious conversions. Indians worked in Spanish borderlands because Spaniards wanted complete control over them. These conditions were mainly found in Florida and New Mexico. The spanish used special techniques for exploiting Native American labor. The encomienda was a right given to certain colonists…