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    Memory and history share a unique dependent relationship with one another‚ and through the study of Mark Bakers’ The Fiftieth Gate along with Christopher Koch’s Highways to a War it becomes evident that the combination of history and memory brings meaning of past events to the present. French historian Pierre Nora once said that ’history is a representation of the past; memory is a perpetually actual phenomenon‚ a bond tying us to the eternal present’‚ therefore implying history is a record of

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    in the Particular C. Wright Mills reflects his ideas of sociology as the studies of the behavior of individuals to make a conclusion if the issues that happened socially have an effect of the person’s life. Mills also claims that the only way to understand a person’s behavior is through examining the social content of the behavior. Therefore‚ it creates a quality of mind that he calls “sociological imagination”. By using this concept‚ it will show either the social‚ historical‚ cultural‚ and economic

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    History of Soul Music Christina Ivery University of Phoenix RES/110 John Thomas February 11‚ 2010 Soul music was a voice for blacks during a time of war and segregation‚ aside of leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and Malcolm X.. As stated by a historian Peter Guralnick‚ “It was as if the rhythm and blues singer‚ like the jazz musician and professional

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    History Of Western Music Chapter #1  Direct unison-everyone in an ensemble sings the music together  Antiphony-alternations of groups of singers  Responsorial-alteration of soloist and group of singers  Contrafactum-take a set melody and replace existing lyrics with new ones  Gregorian chant- also known as : “Carolinian chant”‚ monophonic‚ limited melodic range‚ unmeasured rhythm‚ based on modes :  Syllabic-one note per syllable  Neumatic-2-6 notes per syllable  Melismatic-many notes per

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    African Music Essay African music roots start in every aspect of society. Their culture is formed from there environment hunting but mostly on their tradition. Their music reflects this not only is it entertaining it serves as a way to pass knowledge and stories to the next generation. African music has a variety of different instruments that they use throughout their songs. Music in African culture also has very strong spiritual and religious meanings. The recent history of African musical influence

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    Collective consciousness - a.k.a. collective conscience (French conscience collective) is the set of shared beliefs and moral attitudes which operate as a unifying force within society - introduced by the French sociologist Émile Durkheim in his Division of Labour in Society in 1893 - The Division of Labour in Society (French: De La Division Du Travail Social) is the dissertation of French sociologist Émile Durkheim‚ written in 1893. It was influential in advancing sociological theories and

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    government to acknowledge their crimes shows the disputes between hegemonic history and memory as their claim implies that memories of individuals were not enough evidences to prove such crime. However‚ memory is not just about remembering an event‚ but “it includes structures of feeling and all the ways that people with culturally specific identifications remember precisely” (Oliva-Alvarado 4). This means that the memories of these comfort women do not only include their experiences‚ but also the

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    The Tejeros Convention The showdown between Aguinaldo and Bonifacio came to a head in the Tejeros Convention. In this convention‚ held at Tejeros‚ San Francisco de Malabon‚ on March 22‚ 1897‚ Bonifacio lost his leadership. Over and against his objection‚ the convention established a new revolutionary government‚ replacing the Katipunan. General Aguinaldo was not present because he was fighting at Imus. Bonifacio was presiding the convention when Aguinaldo was elected president of the Revolutionary

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    Music history of India The origins of Indian classical music (marga)‚ the classical music of India‚ can be found from the oldest of scriptures‚ part of the Hindu tradition‚ the Vedas. Samaveda‚ one of the four vedas describes music at length. The two main streams of Indian classical music are Hindustani music‚ from North India‚ and Carnatic music from South India. Hindustani music Hindustani music is predominantly more than its south Indian counterpart. The prime themes of Hindustani music

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    sTrial Examination History and Memory Essay Stephen Frears 2006 Film The Queen and Tanka Luckins novel The Gates of Memory consciously represent aspects of history and memory to give the responder a deeper understanding of the events in the texts. The events being the death of Princess Diana in 1997 and the 75th anniversary of the end of the Great War in 1993. Both composers had a purpose of their texts in which they wanted to portray to their audiences. Stephen Frears being to give audiences

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