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    Papago Woman

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    Papago Woman‚ written by Ruth M. Underhill‚ is an ethnography of the life of a native american woman named Maria Chona‚ a member of the Southern Arizona Papago people located right outside of Tucson‚ Arizona on a reservation. Ruth lived among the Papago from 1931 till 1933. She studied the life of the Papago with her main subject an older Papago woman named Chona. She says at one point how she learned amongst these people and Chona‚ “I feel‚ nevertheless‚ that out of all this flurry there came the

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    Marked Woman

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    MARKED WOMAN BY: DEBORAH TANNIN Deborah Tannin‚ the author of this essay is a professor of linguistics at georgetown university and has written many books for scholarly and popular audiences. She explains the meaning of the word "marked"‚ and how it distinguishes the male from the female She wrote this essay in 1993 and is different from her usual work. This essay focusses on the differences between how the men and the women present themselves in front of the world and what distinguishes them

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    Weeping Woman

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    Pablo Picasso’s‚ Weeping Woman (1937)‚ is a most expressive and eccentric image of a woman in distress. The geometry and shapes in the painting are imaginative and outrageous‚ with bright colors and shapes of boats and flowers that are‚ to some extent humorous‚ except for the profound suffering of the women. The eyes of the women are shaped as boats within a rough sea‚ spilling tears in the form of diamonds. Diamond shaped tears are also the nails of her hands‚ held up to her face in fright. With

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    A Woman of No Importance

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    techniques and look our for comedic elements. Make note on theme and character. A Woman Of No Importance Themes: The author Wilde criticises the victorian upper class in a variety of different ways. They are usually throughout the first two acts in the abundance of witty dialogue the protagonists engage in. Lady Caroline displays her own ignorance when she dismisses ‘new woman’ Hester Worsley a somewhat pious woman who is independent and financially secure. She patronizes Hester through her actions

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    Wonder Woman

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    Lydia Delgado 4th Period Hi my name is Lydia Delgado and the hero I’ve chosen to present to y’all is Wonder Woman. Wonder woman is easily recognized by her unique patriotic styled outfit and beautiful looks. At the end of my presentation all of you will have some knowledge on how Wonder Woman’s character came to be‚ her background‚ and her weapons. Firstly‚ here are some important facts and information on her creator. Wonder woman was invented by William Moulton Marston who was an American psychologist

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    independent woman

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    The independent woman. Independence in women has got to be one of the greatest jumps in the history of television. For years in the entertainment industry women have been represented as a subservient service to the husband and children‚ incapable of doing anything great with themselves other then fulfilling their duties as a housewife and mother. Today‚ they are known to be capable of anything. Whether it is being a single mother‚ to being able to provide for herself‚ in pursuit of her dreams

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    There Is No Unmarked Woman

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    Unmarked Woman” Deborah Tannen In Deborah Tannen’s essay “There Is No Unmarked Woman” she describes how every woman is “marked” in some way. She tells about how everyone judges or “marks” a woman by what kind of clothes she is wearing‚ whether they are tight or hang limply from her body. What kind of make-up she is wearing to how she styles her hair. She says that just by writing her essay and pointing out the fact that women are marked makes her marked. Getting married and changing you name makes

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    Afghan Woman

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    Afghan Woman Prisoner Ethnocentrism is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of ones own culture (pg. 54). Ethnocentrism is also the belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic group or culture. There are different levels of ethnocentrism such as: equality‚ sensitivity‚ indifference‚ avoidance and disparagement. Ethnocentrism leads to conflict‚ cultural shock‚ stereotyping‚ discrimination‚ and prejudice that lead negative attitude towards a person because of a group

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    Woman and Lady

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    do learn all the fuzzy-headed‚ unassertive language of our sex‚ we are ridiculed for being unable to think clearly‚ unable to take part in a serious discussion‚ and therefore unfit to hold a position of power. It doesn’t take much of this for a woman to begin feeling she deserves such treatment because of inadequacies in her own intelligence and education. “Women’s language” shows up in all levels of English. For example‚ women are encouraged and allowed to make far more precise discriminations

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    Sorrowful Woman

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    Barbara S. Alva Professor Lizzie Louis English 102 April 3rd‚ 2015 Looking through “A Sorrowful Woman” and “Secret Sorrow” 1. FIRST RESPONSE. How did you respond to the excerpt from A SECRET SORROW and to “A Sorrowful Woman”? Do you like one more than the other? Is one of the women – Faye or Godwin’s unnamed wife – more likable than the other? Why do you think you respond the way you do to the characters and the stories – is your response intellectual‚ emotional‚ a result of authorial intent‚ a mix

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