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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 media…

In the 15th century, the search for the trade route between Europe and Asia led to the Age of Discovery, a rise in global trade, in which European empires were exploring oversea lands and expanding Western European influence. This was the starting point of European colonial empires that followed for the next six centuries. Eventually, it was believed that without proper knowledge of the people they ruled, the colonial rulers were at a disadvantage, which led to the study of the Orient and the…

principally, to examine the process of decolonisation. Postcolonial criticism’s origins can be traced to Said’s Orientalism according to Milner and Browitt (2002). Said portrays the Eurocentric universalism which admits the superiority of what is Western and the inferiority of what is not, he states that “there are Westerners, and there are non-westerners. The former dominate; the latter must be dominated” (Said 1994: 36). For him, Orientalism was a ‘discourse’ in the Foucauldian sense of the…

1900 Japan and China were both subjected to western imperialism, but they reacted in different ways. Japan was able to adapt to imperialism much better than China was by changing their economy and government. They abolished feudalism, and in order to become more western, they created a new army and industrialized their economy. China on the other hand, was suffering from many internal conflicts, so it was not difficult for Great Britain and other western countries came to claim parts of China…

intention. A thorough analysis presents a theme of sexual ambiguity to satirize the popular Western “superiority.” Looking past the obvious parallels between Woolf’s reality and Orlando’s reality, and the supposition of Orlando being a biography, the reader can see that the main character actually functions as a means for Woolf to satirize the standard idea of Western superiority. Since the dawn of time Western society, namely the United Kingdom, has colonized and controlled most of the world’s…

great economic powers of the world, The United States, The United Kingdom, France, Germany, all followed a similar trajectory of development. In the west, civilizations grew from city-state to serfdom to sea trade to the industrial revolution. Inventions like the cotton gin and the steam engine propelled the western world into a new industrialized age, while countries in the east struggled through civil wars and the very complicated politics of trading with their western neighbors. In the west,…

increasingly belonged to the West. By the 19th century, Western hegemony and its ability to obtain the Orient allowed a wide spread communication of Orientalism. No longer limited to just written and contemplative methods, the system of knowledge which Orientalism filtered into Western consciousness was now solidified by physical representation for public entertainment. Although Orientalism came into being through the self-centered Western imagination, it was not just an airy European fantasy.…

and veil on her secret excursion to the temple. These very things that Amina and her daughters deal with are just some of the main concerns of Western Feminist in regards the treatment of women in Arab Muslim culture. A particular topic of debate would be the veiling and wearing of a hijab, Khimar, or a Burka, all of which are worn in various parts of the world by Muslim women.…

and the resulting understanding of the students. Idealism is possibly the oldest Western philosophy we know and study in the present day. It traces back at least to Ancient Greece and Plato. It was once the dominant philosophy of Western culture and is still influential today. Idealism naturally takes its name from the root word idea. Idealists believe that ideas are reality. They typically reject the material world because it is ever changing and instead focus on ideas that are enduring (Ozmon…

differences between Eastern and Western women across the globe. Her juxtaposition of the two highlights a larger conflict, one that is a massive problem in the Western world. When you think of the average Western woman, many picture a beautiful, skinny, burlesque-type figure in a tight dress. To be blunt, there are two general weight types viewed by the public: slim and obese. This generalization become a reality in part due to the media and its portrayal of Western life. Unfortunately,…