Otherness

Toni Morrison, the often-mentioned Howard University alumna, is best known for her literary writings concerning race and America. Her works are centered around African Americans and seeks to bring a fresh perspective to the literary world that was rarely seen at the time her works were being published. The Origins of Others, a collection of six essays composed by Mrs. Morrison, contains similar themes to her previous works. The novelist credits her grandmother for inspiring her to write this…

Specifically, Delsol claims that “man is the imperfect being who imperfectly directs himself through perfection” and “what characterizes man is not any unity that is finally, perfected achieved, but the activity and effort undertaken in view of unity, the action by which he progresses toward communion without ever completely realizing it.” The importance communicated by Delsol here is that people seek unity through recognizing each other for differences, not becoming replicas of one another.…

Outline (Un)Modern Family: Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, the Myth of the U.S.-Colombiana, and the Quest for Belonging I. Introduction (1 page) II. What is a “Modern Family”? (2 pages) A. “Family as modern “ 1. The idea of multiplicity (gender, racial, ethnic, etc.) as a form of modernity 2. Categorizing family members through their identity to check the boxes for being a modern family a. Gloria fits neatly in to the package of the “sexy Latina” who is the unexpectedly expected second wife and…

Question: Did Syrian refugees enrich our cultural growth into a more diverse and positive outcome and have they enhanced our influence in the World? If so, How? Immigration laws have resulted in a situation where many illegal immigrants live and work in the United States. It is an important issue that has been blown out of proportion by the media and politicians. Here in the United States, legal Syrian refugees have enriched our cultural growth in a diverse and positive way and have enhanced…

In this essay I will look at key texts relating to heritage and how it is defined and debated by different scholars. I will investigate how they use nature as a base for constructing our national and cultural heritage identity using Scandinavia as an example. These key texts include the essay Regional cultural heritage versus national heritage in Scania's disputed national landscape essay by Tomas Germundsson and the Nature as heritage: the Swedish case, by Bosse Sundin. Their key points on how…

Starting in the 1950s as part of America’s counter culture, rock music swiftly rose in popularity with an appeal to youth, vitality, and revolt. Rock revolutionized music and spread it across cultures to involve anyone willing to listen, going beyond the artful form of music that had previously been reserved for the upper class. Music has taken many different forms over the years, created new factions, new sounds, but the undisputed claim to fame today as far as music is concerned lies with…

“The incalculable value of being white in America rested to a large extent on the calculable disadvantage of being black.” (Mazel: “A selection of quotes from ‘And don't call me a racist!’”) As readers explore Angels in America, issues of homophobia and the AIDS epidemic come to the forefront but the recognition of identity in Angels and how that shapes the events of the play as whole is a discussion which truly begins to explore the complexity of Kushner’s work. While the issues of sexuality…

Naming of place and setting in Villette- Sarcasm and Authorial Commentary Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Villette’ makes a conscious and dramatic departure from her creative norm when considering the names given to both character and place within the novel. The underlying significance of the French language, the naming of place and of character will be discussed in this essay. Indeed, Dunbar argues quite clearly that Villette is ‘almost entirely unremarked’ (1960) in this particular method, likely because…

natural state, and becoming a communion with the god. In a Dionysian analysis Calame claims that Dionysus “allows man to bring about in himself the transition between submission to civilized order and the liberation of natural forces leading to otherness. So what was the purpose of such worship? According to Bassi, “Dionysiac madness entails a radical confusion of those ontological categories, that, normative and hierarchical, are constitutive of Greek cultural identity”. So the spirit of…

Anastasiya Trachenko Professor Postero 20 October 2015 Key Terms: 1. Mortal neglect refers to the idea of neglecting a child until death strikes. In Brazil’s culture, it was actually accepted to neglect the needs of one’s baby if the child were to be born ill and weak. As shocking as it may sound to someone coming from our culture, it was thought of to be God’s plan for the mother to neglect the child in order to help it pass away. The ill babies are seen as angels who want to die so the mother…