Politeness

This term is usually used as a complement to “femininity”. Common masculine features are considered to be strength, boldness, courage, crudity, rational thinking and determination in decision-making, whereas traditional feminine features are politeness, gentleness, modesty, delicacy, submissiveness to God and husband. Interestingly, in the traditional perception, masculinity is related only to male bodies, male activities and is appropriate only to men. A famous scholar and queer theorist,…

Language is one of the most powerful factors behind the influence of social behavior. Language is used – socially – to transfer information about who we are, where we come from, and who we associate with. One may be shocked to realize just how much we – as a society – tend to judge someone’s background, character, and intentions based solely on an individual’s language, dialect, or even the choice of a single word. The study of language contact focuses on how speakers of differing languages can…

Laos is a Southeast Asian landlocked country that is surrounded by Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, and China. Laotians immigrated to the United States due to being drawn into the Cold War in 1975. Before immigrating to the United States they tried to flee to Thailand. This was due to the people’s Democratic Republic being proclaimed. Thousands of Laotians tried to move to Thailand for a better life in the mid 1980’s. Thailand had refugee camps set in place for the Laotians, but the living…

Cultural Studies Final In 1792, Lord George Macartney, under orders of King George III of Great Britain, captained an envoy laden with gifts to the Qing Dynasty capital of Peking intending to negotiate alterations of the heavy trade restrictions applied by China. Their demands never came to fruition; the Qing Emperor Qianlong refused to allow for any reforms in the trade systems and issuing the ultimatum of punctilious adherence to the afore-established trade procedure or else an extinction…

Hispanic Culture: Issues of Healthcare and Privacy When providing care for someone from another culture the nurse must be aware that there are some cultural differences that are upheld by other cultures. The nurse must not impose their cultural views on the patient. And the nurse cannot let his/her views effect the quality of care to be provided. The nurse also must take these differences into consideration while still doing his/her best to provide the finest, culturally appropriate care…

There are many classic novels written that were written many years ago that are still famous today. Two classic well known books that many have read are Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre. Most, when reading them, probably assume that they were written around the same time and in the same era. However, even though the two novels are in some ways similar and were not written very far apart, one can tell by comparing the two eras and looking at the books that the separate time periods they come…

“There 's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn 't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it 's a white man 's word against a black man 's, the white man always wins. They 're ugly, but those are the facts of life”. (Lee 220) In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the characters show how discrimination is caused by those that are afraid of who others really are. The character who best explain and represent this theme are Arthur (Boo) Radley, Calpurnia and…

Robert Browning and Christina Rossetti illustrate women’s oppression by men in Victorian society within their poems, “My Last Duchess” and “Goblin Market.” The Duchess, Laura, and Lizzie all act against the expectations set for them with varying ramifications. The poets use different narrative perspectives and careful word choice in order to depict the subjugation of these women, their rebellion against it, and the punishment they face for rebelling, calling public attention to the mistreatment…

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” is often herald as an insightful early look into mental illness as it plagued middle and upper class women of the 19th century. In undertaking such a topic, one that Gilman herself suffered from, she discusses the medical treatments available and it’s unique consideration of women. As much as “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a case study of a woman’s decent into madness, it is also a feminist critique of the century’s role of women, the dominance…

The sixties was an era for change. It let the American people stretch out from their stiff, starched dresses or suits and take off their masks of dutiful politeness. They could slip off the frozen, stiff smiles they wore all day to stretch and distort their faces; eyebrows furrowed, muscles relaxed, and eyes crinkled with emotions that had long since seen the light of day. But, it was not only a social change. This era brought back the passionate, bright fervor in the eyes of many African…