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This is an entirely different style of painting compared with the traditional Western paintings. In the history of Western art, sexuality is usually defined precisely by the portrayal of bodies. For instance, women are often portrayed in various passive positions, in order to cater to male viewer’s satisfaction. The composition of a picture, selection…

endowed with special powers by virtue of their use.” (Dean 2006, 26) How western viewers see visual works could have taken a great number of paths, but ultimately “art” has become the normal term to use when analyzing these visual works. Also, the idea of art being “consumed” is a newer, very western, concept. I think Dean makes a good point about the issues calling nonwestern works “art” makes it more so about the western view of art, rather than what the pieces themselves truly are and truly…

problem of migration has always been an issue, but recently it has escalated to the point, where politicians are paying close attention to it. They have also make immigration an issue on their agendas to be focus on in security matter, especially in Western Europe and the United States. The awareness of international migration poses a threat in conjunction with the ever growing number of immigrant in the world. Statistics has been showing that there were more than 191 million persons living…

transition from the Early Middle Ages to the Late Middle Ages, save for notable exceptions, feudalism dominated the political landscape of Western Europe until the Late Middle Ages. At the expense of the feudal lords, slowly, regional monarchies gained enough power to create centralized governments in relatively smaller areas, as compared to the entirety of Western Europe. Additionally, Roman Catholic popes found themselves…

Western democracy is seen as the most acceptable way to live, and according to the major leaders of the world, it should be the only way we live. That is a problem, due to the fact that some places in the world are run differently than others. The Sharia law is frowned upon by most societies, and it brings up the question of whether these two types of controls can really coexist with one another in one country. The answer, presumably, is no. The laws and legal systems between these two types of…

answer all questions wrong so that she would remain in Lahore instead of traveling to England. This scenario violates the freedom that women like Rehana and Marjane desire. Meanwhile, unlike in Iran, the government uses initiatives similar to the western culture by dealing with the issue of family planning and birth control mechanisms (Rushdie 1995). Concisely, the two authors concur that feminity is an issue that needs a redress in the present…

mind will always carry and posses huge portions and parts of the its own programmed cultural behaviors together with the attitudes in their sub consciousness thoughts. For instance, in reference to Beyond Culture, the main problem that is evident in western culture mainly the United States is the issues of the malfunctions of the education system in the United States, since many critics have labeled it as full or many errors, irrelevant and obsolete simply because they argue it is…

South Asian, and Eastern Cultures. According to public intellectual and theorist; Edward Said, Orientalism is the “general patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian and North African cultures based on underdeveloped theories and fabrications that are not accurately studied”. CITE. The argument that Ruth St. Deni’s Radha (1906) is an obscure Western interpretation of the Hindu Myth of Radha and Krishna is evident through St. Denis’ customized costume use, obliteration of the…

country status of Western countries is an attribute to their likability. Therefore, he realizes that Western culture is extremely likable. From my personal experience and interactions with people from Ethiopia, people believe that in order to achieve militaristic, economic, and societal greatness, they need to model themselves after the actions of Western nations. The mimicry of Western culture by developing nations can be as simple as having the same product as the people in Western nations. As…

clear from the interview that education and lifestyle is constantly changing. In his view this is because of many western influences, which have been both positive and negative. Whilst stating that “Nepal [does have very] strong cultural roots” it is apparent that Nepal is changing from its humble beginning to a traveling mecca for western tourist, with every western necessities from western hotel rooms to KFC. In Thapa 's opinion…