reading Rosanne Liang’s 2005 film Banana in a nutshell is a documentary which explores an intimate portrait of a Chinese-European couple in New Zealand‚ and their journey to get a blessing for marriage from traditional Chinese parents. This film represents the boundaries created by the Chinese culture with regards to a chinese woman falling in love and marrying a New Zealander. In this essay the cultural ‘ reading’ of the film is examined. At the beginning of the film we are shown archival footage of
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Fiji’s latitude and longitude is 18° 00’ S and 175 ° 00’ E. Below above and all around it are Vanuatu to the west‚ tonga to the east‚ and Tuvalu to the north. Starting from MCI‚ Kansas city airport‚ it would take 14 hours and 13 minutes give or take‚ to get to Figi’s airport. Figi is a volcanic built island with a very mountainous terrain. It is a grouping of hundreds of little tiny islets‚ but the main land consists of three larger land masses called islands. Fiji’s is a warm tropical place
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and it becomes more exciting when you get the products at reasonable rates. You can look for high quality apparel‚ shoes or accessories for women at the site of Glassons. Glassons is a leading women’s fashion company. The Company is based in New Zealand & Australia. They also ship their products internationally. The Company was founded in the early 1900’s and since then it has continued to grow. They have their own branded women’s wear‚ including dresses‚ jeans‚ t-shirts‚ blouses‚ shoes‚ swimwear
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Rotorua is one of the most popular tourist destinations in New Zealand. Tourism and tourism development has occurred in Rotorua due to geothermal activity‚ Maori culture‚ lake related activities and other cultural attractions. Tourism development has build up around these natural and cultural attractions and a specific spatial pattern of tourism development can be seen. An agglomeration pattern of accommodation can be seen in Rotorua. The three main types of accommodation available in Rotorua are
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How did the opponents of the Vietnam War affect the Vietnam Era? “After a massive 250‚000 “March of Death” protest in Washington‚ the New Zealand and Australia peace movements decided to do the same. The first moratorium was held in 1970.” Impacts on Australia In Australia‚ resistance to the war was at first very limited‚ although the Australian Labor Party (in opposition for most of the period) steadfastly opposed conscription. However‚ anti-war sentiment escalated rapidly in the late 1960s as
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‘THE PIANO’ MONOLOGUE – STRUCTURE Year 11 English 1) Introduction • Establish your identity – through your use of language‚ your tone‚ your physical appearance & gestures‚ etc • Capture your character’s voice – how does he/she speak? Will you‚ for example: - use figurative language and metaphor - speak in short‚ sharp sentences - speak in fragmented or rambling sentences - use lots of imperatives or commands and modal verbs (eg. She must
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The powhiri process is known as the welcome process in inviting its manuhiri (visitors) into the marae (a gathering place of Maori). Throughout the ceremony‚ depending on the iwi‚ the ceremony goes through many processes. Each of the process bears an important meaning from determining the cause of visitation to remembering the dead; these processes are performed with great importance in the marae. These processes‚ though bearing the same name‚ vary for different gatherings. In the literature review
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How Captain Cook influenced the ways see and understand the modern world ‘I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had been before‚ but as far as it was possible for a man to go’James Cook. So Captain Cook was born in 1778 originally a apprentice in Whitby before becoming a sailor and in time a British naval officer a veteran of the seven year war. Cook is unquestionably known for his three voyages of expiration and discovery that took place in the Pacific. The first voyage was between
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A lot has been written about the strong family message in Whale Rider‚ and there is no mistaking that this story of intergenerational love and conflict is‚ on the surface‚ about the mending of a broken family‚ but there is another aspect that hasn’t been written about—or at least only touched on—and that’s the movie’s theme. It isn’t about family or even the need to honor the hand in glove relationship of tradition and progress. At root‚ Whale Rider is one of the best pictures about leadership that
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Connections Across text: The theme cultural identity and differences is important in our community‚ the way we treat others and how we stereotype someone. I chose this theme because it portrays the importance of maintaining your culture and not allowing someone’s stereotype of your culture impact you. Cultural identity and differences throughout my texts is formed mainly between 2 or more cultures in each text. The four texts I chose are Ka Kite Bro written by Willie Davis‚ The Red Sari written
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