Kilt

Cross-dressing is when a male or female wears clothing that is commonly associated with the opposite sex within society. Since cross dressing goes against social norms, it is seen as deviant behavior. Men are supposed to wear pants, but in Scotland they wear kilts. Cross dressing was highlighted during the eighteenth century, when female would dress as males to enlist within the military. Some were even known to go years without being discovered. Some women did it for protection against their…

It 's a calm Friday afternoon, and I figured what’s better than having a little nostalgic moment and watching old hip-hop videos. I started with Biggies ‘s "Hypnotize" then I moved all the way to Lil Wayne’s "Bling Bling" . I thought to myself, “ My, has Hip-Hop fashion changed” from Armani suits, to tank tops and sagging jeans. But one thing I can say, these men in the beginning of their careers have never been considered homosexual because no matter what they wore it was still considered…

they have? The Anasazi used animal and human hair to make all kinds of clothes. This tribe also made their clothes by weaving yucca fibers together with turkey feathers and rabbit fur to make robes and skirts for their people to wear. They also made kilts, shirts, aprons, belts, and other things to wear. Anasazi Indians wore sandals and moccasins as shoes. After their civilization became more advanced,…

The Big Sky is a story about Boone Caudill’s journey of becoming a man. He is trying to follow his uncle’s path. Boone wants the same “freedom” his uncle has--becoming a mountain man, trapping animals, and just living on his own away from his father. In the book, on page 362, Boone’s mother tells him that he reminds her of his own father. Boone comes to a point in his life where he has to reflect back to see what kind of man he has become and what kind of father he will become. In this passage…

The Mayan Indians ate very simple food that was easy to find and make, using their resources. Maize, or corn, was the staple food of the Mayans diet. They incorporated maize into almost all of their meals because it was an easy thing to find and there was a lot of it.They used maize in muffins and pudding, and cooked maize in a pot or just ate it on the cob. In fact, maize was the most important component of daily life and religious life in the Mayans’ culture. Although, maize was a very…

What was Hatshepsut’s family background? (5 Marks) (10 Lines) Hatshepsut’s family background consisted of her descendance from the pharaoh Thutmose I and his royal consort, Ahmose. She was the only child born to Thutmose I and his royal consort. After Thutmose I death Hatshepsut at the time twelve. She married her half brother, Thutmose II, whose mother was a lesser wife. During the reign of Thutmose II, Hatshepsut took the traditional role of queen and main wife. Hatshepsut gained the role of…

Faulkner implements the use of stream of consciousness, that is said to have evolved “quite a bit from [Joseph] Conrad,” another stream of consciousness author (Ross). Both Conrad and Faulkner liked to go about their writing in a poetic manner. The sacrifice of proper grammar and concise descriptions for long sentence structure packed with compound adjectives gives the reader a sense that Absalom, Absalom! is a “prose poem of magnificent complexity” (Johnson, Kalmanson, 18). An example of this…

They breathed together,the grinned, they were chunky and vital. In this story some boys got lost and ended up on a island.Also another thing that happen us 3 boys die during this time and they for found.The topic of this story was basically two boys turn against each other.Lord of the flies shows great ways that civilized colonies could have been.But they also showed how it could downfall. I’m Lord of the Flies they showed us how civilization downfall,like when Jack tries to kill Ralph, also…

The main character is William Wallace, who is a fairly tall man. He stands tall, wearing leather armor and his kilt representing his family tartan, and carrying a Claymore ready to fight any Englishman that comes his way. On the opposite side of the spectrum with the English you have the man that Wallace wants to kill and free Scotland from, King Edward the First…

Hatshepsut Seated (ca, 1473-1458), of the first major female Pharaoh to reign Egypt, depicts her occupying the throne. The artist unspecified, she is shown a lone figure sitting in a non atypical representational manner. This style in which Hatshepsut Seated is modeled is not so unlike other works for male pharaohs, symbolic of her coronation to power. One might assume that the work represents a mere continuation to the stylistic traditions of Ancient Egyptian art. However, the de rigueur…