Essays and Research Papers on Other Cultures

This essay examines the status of Iranian women by analyzing essays and news reports from both Iranian and Western sources. Bibligraphy lists 6 sources.

5 pages in length. Historically speaking, women had a practical, more egalitarian relationship with men for some forty thousand years, which was directly related to the need for a shared responsibility for survival. This began to change, however, when men became associated with the male figure of God, at which point ideals began ...

A six page paper which looks at the position of women in modern Islamic societies, particularly with regard to the socio-cultural influences which have led to a return to tradtional values whilst rejecting fundamentalism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

14 pages in length. Chosen as the inferior gender by some unwritten code centuries ago to which society has adhered unchallenged, nineteenth century British serving class women found themselves under the control of societal dictates and prejudicial pecking order established solely by a patriarchal society. The psychoanalytic perspective of teaching women to depend ...

This 10 page paper discusses the role which women played in the Nazi Revolution. This paper emphasizes their gender-specific role and the goals of the Nazi party in relation to women. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 10 page paper provides an overview of the challenges faced by librarians today as they embark on the brave new world of electronic media; issues in censorship and cultural diversity are discussed. All of these topics are discussed in depth and solutions are explored. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 5 page paper explores women's roles in Muslim society. The Muslim woman's role in the family is discussed and compared to that of the contemporary woman in general. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts Pennsylvania Amish women with American women in terms of dating, marriage, motherhood, and child rearing. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

5 pages in length. The writer discusses the triple cultural/religious influences and martyrdom as they relate to Perpetua. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page paper which compares the social position of Greek and Roman Women of an elite class. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing the generalizability of resistance to political oppression in the New World and in the East. In Hear My Testimony, author Maria Teresa Tula provides an account of the struggle for human rights in her native El Salvador. The purpose here is to examine the historical origins of that ...

7 pages in length. The writer discusses the modification of patriarchal oppression as a means by which to deter domestic abuse around the world. Annotated bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 10 page report discusses the diaspora of native Africans who have left the continent of Africa for political, economic, or for the even more fundamental reason of simple survival. Throughout Europe, North and South America, and Asia, Africans from virtually all African nations have re-settled and reconstructed their lives. In general, they have retained ...

5 pages in length. The writer discusses impact globalization has had upon the increase in sex trafficking, particularly in Asia, as well as the American efforts to quell this ongoing problem. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page review of this book that is useful for business as well as for cultural anthropology. The women of Barbados have been instrumental in defining what constitutes the “ideal” worker for the multinational organization. Both the ease with which these women have assumed their new roles and the struggles they face ...

This 6 page report discusses Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman by Marjorie Shostak (1981). The story of Nisa herself reveals a world that still exists but that most Westerners have only experienced through National Geographic documentaries. During nearly two years Shostak spent interviewing !Kung women in the Dobe area of northwestern ...

A 5 page paper which examines how women are portrayed in “Antigone,” Chaucer’s “Wife of Bath,” and the story of Kenreimon’in. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.

A 5 page review of the feminist implications of this novel depicting the trials and tribulations of Chinese American daughters as they are impacted by the past experiences of their mothers in pre-Communist China. The feminist overtones of “The Joy Club” are impossible to miss. It is replete with sexism and also such ...

5 pages. This paper argues that anthropologists should work to eliminate the practice of female circumcision. Bibliography lists 1 source.

6 pages in length. All religions had their beginnings in much the same manner; it is how the individual faith flourished and expanded that ultimately determined how it separated from the rest. Because Judaism, Christianity and Islam all sprouted from much the same system of belief, it is not surprising to find that ...

7 pages in length. The distinction between the lives of working and middle class women in nineteenth century Britain is both grand and far-reaching. That the working population was considered the equivalent of undesirable social outcasts when compared with their middle class counterparts clearly illustrates the unmistakable divide that existed beyond the issue ...

7 pages in length. Attending their junior year in college abroad, Adrienne and Camille chose South Africa as their cultural enlightenment. Indeed, the girls' collective experience with social services afforded them a much better opportunity to apply their academic talents than by choosing a more socially advanced society. Anticipated yet realistic at ...

A 3 page paper which argues that Islamic women are oppressed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

An 8 page paper discussing this 16th century woman who lived as an abandoned wife in rural France, the choices available to her and the choices she made. Also included is a discussion of Francois Poullain de la Barre’s “The Equality of the Two Sexes,” published a century later, followed by speculation of how ...

A 5 page paper which examines the lives of Muslim women. Bibliography lists 4 sources.