Concubinage

On December 26, 1893, the architect of China’s Communist revolution and the founding member of the Chinese Communist Party(CCP), Chairman Mao Zedong(毛泽东) was born. Although many of his socialist reforms resulted in failure and caused much devastation for the people of China, his legacy as a nationalist leader and the creator of an independent China still inspires post-Mao generations. Born from a peasant family, Chairman Mao understood what it was like to be in the “98 percent”. This allowed him…

Kindred by Octavia Butler is an incredible literary piece detailing a narrative about America’s slavery history. The novel was published in 1979 and gained a lot of popularity based on the manner in which it addressed and presented the history of slavery in America. This presentation earned it wide spread circulation for community reading programs, book organizations and common choice of high school and college courses within the US (Levecq 526). The style of writing this novel also provides a…

Throughout the 19th century, slave narratives played a major role in documenting the brutality and injustice of slavery, especially in the South. By the 1840’s and 1850’s, regardless of the abolition of slavery in the North, former victims of this cruel institution began to write about the racism that existed in the North even after the Civil War. In fact, slave narratives written by African Americans had gained more popularity than novels written by African Americans at that time, like those by…

In 1440, Johannes Gutenberg invented a new type of movable print- the printing press. Gutenberg was a goldsmith born in Mainz in 1397, and went on to develop his press in the Holy Roman Empire. He saw the printing press as a financial opportunity, due to the high cost of books at the time. Prior to his groundbreaking invention, knowledge was very much limited to the royalty or the religious order because attaining access to any sort of literature was a painstaking task. In order to have a copy…

Nat’s Religion and Celia’s Gender Nat Turner was religious, very religious. It was the center of his identity and his family inculcated religion’s importance in him. Believing to himself being a prophet of God, “my father and mother strengthened me in this my first impression, saying in my presence, I was intended for some great purpose...” He briefly mentions his grandmother, “My grandmother who was very religious, and to whom I was much attached...” He was divinely inspired and saw his…

In Colonial America, Christianity slowly penetrated the lives of slaves. Protestantism was regarded as a private matter and masters did little to Christianize their bondsman. Anglican Protestantism did not resonate with most of the slave population, as it heavily rejected mysticism, something which many African slaves still culturally practiced. Although, during the Great Awakening (1700-1790) blacks and whites in the South were swept up in the religious revival which taught all souls are equal.…

The historical context: Women and men faced different issues as they evolved and therefore developed different strategies in mate-seeking to reach the goal of having the most reproductive success. Since women were the ones who were making the most effort to invest time and care into their offspring, men were therefore caring less and women became a limited reproductive resource for men. Women had no choice but to rely on men and that is when selective criteria for choosing a mate appeared and…

Chapter 22 MRQ#1 When and where did communism exercise influence during the twentieth century? Originated from Karl Marx and Marxism; Karl Marx predicted communism to take place in industrial societies, not rural/ peasant areas Represented final stage of development of equality and collective living w/out private property Vietnam was a major struggle; nationalistic, violent roots and communism from ho chi Minh spilled into Laos and Cambodia Fidel Castro led rev. nationalist movement in Latin Am.…

This theory emphasizes daily exchanges between individuals so as to develop an understanding of basic human interactions via three core principles: meaning, language and thought. One’s identity of self is derived from how they perceive things, how they speak in relation to others and what is meaningful. Interpreting a situation, understanding verbal and nonverbal communication as to how it relates to one’s self and someone/thing else is the underlying concept of understanding this theory. The…