Framing device

While Eurocentrism primarily refers to looking at the world with a European, colonial perspective, it is a complex term to break down with regard to its ‘tendencies’ (Shohat and Stam, 3). One key tendency however is to bifurcate the world into ‘the West’ and ‘the rest’ (Shohat and Stam, 4). For the purposes of the argument that ‘Cidade de Deus’ confirms Eurocentric tendencies and ‘Diarios de motocicleta’ subverts them, this essay will focus on the notion that the first focuses on the violence,…

developers have progressed to a point where the graphics and the style of games have become so real that the player is easily immersed. To a Game developer, animation was becoming really important to designers; they were using animation as a narrative device as well to make it appealing to its demographic. ‘As gaming has become increasingly mainstream, it has at the same time fostered innovative forms of new media practice that merge media art and game…

In this essay I will depth into exploration of the film ‘Redacted’ (2007). The contempary war film by Brian de Palma, and state how it is altered by multiplication of digital typologies and formats, with a particular focus on the reception and experience of the film. The aim is to conclude from textual sources with regards to the aesthetic, and to explore the Spector ship and reaction it determines. ‘Redacted’ (2007), is a film biased on the devastating reconstruction of the rape and murder of a…

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald reflects the lifestyle of the roaring ‘20s in the “East”, New York City. Nick Carraway, a “Midwesterner-gone-East” narrates this story, the story of Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby represents the believers in the American Dream. The American Dream is the pursuit of human desire, love and wealth, with the promise to start from scratch . Gatsby’s story and plan is interrupted by Tom Buchanan, who represents the institutionalized wealth and corruption inside of the…

Science Fiction storytelling, since Mary Wollstencraft’s Frankenstein in 1818, has always tapped into anxieties people did not know they had. Black Mirror, a Sci-Fi anthology television series by British writer, Charles Brooker, does not deviate from this technique, but, instead, appears to do a better job than its predecessors. It explores the dark consequences that result from human use of technology. In an article written for the New York Times, Brooker explains how his series “was inspired…

Critique Project Upon taking music, I never thought I would have ever learned so much about the history and importance of fine arts not just in America, but also around the world. Art has a whole new meaning to me, one of which opens my eyes to the every day sights of life. The definition of art is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as a painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or…

Case Study: Mera Mobile, Mera Saathi In November 2010, a village in Uttar Pradesh banned unmarried women from using mobile phones. Here, and elsewhere in this region, mobile phones are seen as unwelcome tools that enable women to step beyond the confines of traditional roles and social mores. This explains the concept of behavioral economics. Herein thesocial, cognitive and emotional factors helps in understanding the reason for the economicdecision(to buy or not to buy a mobile) of…

On the opposite spectrum from supplier bargaining power is the bargaining power of buyers. These buyers do not just represent the end user consumer who purchases a PC, laptop computer, or other computer accessory, but represent the buyers all along the entire supply chain from concept and research and development to manufacturing, customization, packaging, transportation, sales, and delivery and in some cases, after the sale customer service. Their overall buying power as a group is considered…

Chapter Two Ethnographic Fictional representation of tribe and gender in select fiction of Pratibha Ray Pratibha Ray’s The Primal Land is the story of Bonda tribals who struggled to survive through the development induced displacement of their indigenous ‘country’. She reconstructs the socio-cultural myths, beliefs and rituals of the past and also the present transformations in the socio-cultural setup in the Bonda lands. BondaRay’s narrative provides us the social, political, and economic…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…