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seek hardly to perpetuate the division of the globe that is governed by unfair and unjust power relations. The functionality of the colonizer’s language is considered as a form of affiliation and adherence to the western standards which implies hierarchy and gives acquiescence to the Western supremacy. The works of postcolonial/feminist writers should be positioned in the third space, to use Bhabha’s term, in where there is ambivalence and uncertainty, an impasse that is hardly escapable; a…

Madame Manet is one of several portraits Édouard Manet painted of his wife. Madame Manet is a 23-7/8 x 20 in. oil painting, that was created between the years 1874-1876 in Paris for George Moore; however, it can now be found in the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California. Also residing at the Norton Simon is Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of the Artist’s Mother. Van Gogh painted this 16 x 12-3/4 in. image for himself while in Arles, France using oil paints as his medium. Both of these pieces…

World War I was a conflict that claimed the lives of millions of soldiers and altered the lives of countless others. Shortly after the War, two novels surfaced, Generals Die In Bed by Charles Yale Harrison and All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, that became influential in our understanding of how the soldiers lived. Each novel provides a firsthand account from a soldier’s point of view on one of the most brutal wars ever to have been fought. The novels portray war without…

have had a huge impact on the development of western society. Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle have been exceptionally important figures in the world. Homer’s contributions to literature are enduring in both “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey.” Certainly, the conquest of the known western world by Alexander the Great was a major influence in the region as well. However, one of the greatest and enduring contribution of Greece towards the Western world is found in their forms of…

The last few days of my life have been something new to me. I truly know now what I’ve been taking for granted. The war isn’t the great adventure it seemed to be at first. In the past battle at Vimy, I’ve witnessed the death of thousands of young men just like me. During the nights of the battle, the constant deafening noises of the enemy shells, bombs, and explosives made gave me nightmares. The trenches would be infested by rats and maggots who would swarm the dead bodies. This would frighten…

Culture is a very complex aspect. When you start talking about culture it is everything related to a society. Culture is the way of life. The food you eat, the clothes you wear, the language you speak in, the religion you follow all are aspects of culture. The beliefs, values and symbols that they accept generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the other. The settlement study of Ranipura village in Tikamgarh district…

entire Middle East region over the past few decades. Western culture being based on the rationalism, liberalism, human rights, secularism, etc. has little resonance within the Islamic civilization and often even contradicts it. Globalization is thereby raising people’s concerns about the massive influx of the Western values in Islamic countries. In fact, in Huntington and other Western analysts and politicians’ perspective, the conflict between Western civilization and political Islam is not…

AUSSIE SOLDIER IN KHE SANH WAR A deafening rumble of an explosion rose above their heads. The frightening whistling of artilleries and the terrible cries of wounded soldiers filled the air. A dense, misty fog floated through the trenches, adding to the sense of misery that already filled the deep, dark and gloomy jungle of Vietnam that was the “Khe Sanh War”. Jimmy stared at his rifle hopelessly; his spirit was gradually being chipped away by the humid, muddy and mosquito infected environment.…

and even harder to maintain, thus it is an act of performativity. While few men actually meet the standards of hegemonic masculinity, it is reinforced through the media we consume. Hegemonic masculinity in the media The media is ubiquitous in the Western world today from films, to television shows, to advertising, to magazines, it is almost impossible to avoid being influenced by the messages promoted. As children we are socialised to perform gender by our families, peers and the media. While…

about the re-evaluation of the western history and the Western women. These twenty-one essays were firstly presented at the Women’s West Conference in 1983 and later edited by Susan Armitage and Elizabeth Jameson and turned into a book. It starts with an introduction essay by Armitage which points out the importance of the conference and the revision of the Western history through women’s eyes. Her aim by composing such collection of essays is illustrating how western history includes mythical…