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    Culture has no colour: Cultural Amalgamation of Cosmopolitanism *M.Kalai Nathiyal and **Dr V.Malarkodi Abstract This paper surveys and critically reviews of the major research works on Culture has no colour‚ a brief study of cultural amalgamation of cospmopolitanism.This paper analyze Cultural amalgamation which describes not only about race and culture apart from that it also focuses on intexuality on language and indigenous and international cultures. Cultural amalgamation happened when

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    What is Culture?

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    CULTURE SPEECH Culture is a way of life for a group of people--the beliefs‚ values‚ norms‚ and symbols that people often accept without thinking about them. A culture is a way of living that is often passed along through communication‚ observation‚ and imitation. You will now deliver an informative speech about the history‚ traditions‚ or customs that are significant to your own culture‚ or a culture that fascinates you. When devising your speech‚ you may consider how a culture’s traditions

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    Women’s Religious Liberation From Mary Magdalene to Joan of Ark to the modern woman‚ women have come a long way‚ and many practices both subordinate and empower them. For centuries‚ women have been oppressed in religious texts “The New Testament of the bible‚ for example‚ urges women to be subordinate to their husbands…” (Pg. 246). They have long been stereotyped and placed in a position of inequality and submissiveness‚ as referenced many times in the Bible. (Pg. 246) Women have also be humiliated

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    Insects are the most successful animal group. They are extremely diverse and abundant. They are present in the sea‚ in freshwater‚ on land and in the air. They occupy every ecological niche. Arthropods are not only extremely diverse but are also numerous as individuals. There are approximately 200 million insects for every human being on the Earth.(1) They have a huge impact on humans and our activities. They are pests of both food and animals‚ and are responsible for disease transmission. They also

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    American Interest Groups

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    How do interest groups influence policy? Use examples to illustrate your answer. “Interest groups are no less a threat than they are an expression of freedom” (Berry‚ 1984). We start this essay with this famous quote from Berry introducing us to what exactly an interest group is. Indeed in general‚ public opinion and people unaware of an interest group’s actions might regard interest groups in a negative light. The more famous interest groups can tend to generate a lot of negative

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    most people think about the “American culture‚” images of Coca-Cola‚ hot dogs‚ baseball games‚ big cars and suburban mansions come to mind. But there is a deeper side to American culture than Hollywood and Disney World. Underneath the layers of TV advertising and hyper-consumerism‚ there is a cultural DNA that makes America what it is. Here is a brief look at several cultural “genes” that influence the way Americans think and act. Individualism Individualism is a way of life by which a person places

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    What Is an American

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    American writings have portrayed numerous ideologies of what it means to be an American and these ideals have transcended throughout time and can clearly be depicted by the major influential literary aspirants from each century. The one thing that remains the same is that it has always been a struggle to forge a truly "American" identity given the fact that our nation is one of immigrants. These early works reached the level of literature‚ as in the robust and perhaps truthful account of his adventures

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    as one of two ways. A mother is either a selfless and hardworking nurturer‚ or a protective and “helicoptering” figure that will do anything for her child. While numerous mothers‚ in actuality‚ encompass neither or both of these roles along with several others‚ the definition usually encompasses much more than just somebody who has given birth. The factual and textbook definition of being a mother is simply to be a female parent‚ however‚ the social definition of “Motherhood” has been stretched

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    What Is an American?

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    Jacqueline Delgado Mrs. Pierce Junior English September 27‚ 2012 What is an American? Thousands of Americans around the country ask themselves the same question; “What is an American?” National pride in one’s country is common‚ but does one truly know what one’s country is made of? The American people cannot be defined in one word. American society is created by many different shapes and colors to paint one massive masterpiece of freedom‚ justice and equality. America became a land for people

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    European’s view that they were savages‚ Native American lives were steeped in culture. They had an abundance of technological advances and ways to make their lives easier. From their day to day lives‚ they lived off the land as hunters‚ fishers‚ and farmers. This‚ in turn‚ led to constant moving from place to place to find better land and soil for their agricultural needs. Land as they saw it was a common resource for all‚ not a privilege for some. Native Americans were not devoted to accumulation of wealth

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