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Asians and Hispanics In The U.S. Media, 2005.
An analysis of media representations of Asians and Hispanics in U.S. films and media.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 114.95
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This paper presents an analysis of how media representations of Asians and Hispanics in the U.S. film and television industry have become less stereotypical in light of various trends.
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"The values, beliefs and customs of the dominant group in society are often reinforced by social institutions like the government, business, education and the media. The establishment of images in the media reinforces the values of the dominant group in American society, primarily white male Anglo-Saxon Protestants. When immigrant groups or other cultures are portrayed in the media quite often their representation is portrayed as somehow inferior to the superior portrayals of the dominant cultural group."
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Asian Women and the U.S. Media, 1999.
Examines their depictions as "dragon ladies," geishas, passive wives, invisibility, examples (films, TV, print, ads) and negative and positive stereotypes.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 153.95
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Introduction
One of the characteristic ways that human beings process information is to organize it in categories and use those categories to make sense of the world. According to Robert Emtman (1996), these stored categories, or schemas, are like mental filing cabinets which allow individuals to assimilate new information into categories of old information. The problem with this is that schemas can be unflattering stereotypes that resist change.
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"Asian Women and the U.S. Media
Introduction
One of the characteristic ways that human beings process information is to organize it in categories and use those categories to make sense of the world. According to Robert Emtman (1996), these stored categories, or schemas, are like mental filing cabinets which allow individuals to assimilate new information into categories of old information. The problem with this is that schemas can be unflattering stereotypes that resist change. New data is simply assimilated with the old and seen as reinforcing it, in many instances.
The way that stereotypes operate is by organizing information about some racial group into a homogenous category, in which all, or most members of the group, are seen as..."
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Asian and American Women in the Media, 2001.
Compares how the American media portrays female Asian athletes and female American athletes.
1,045 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 58.95
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This paper compares and contrasts Asian women in professional and competitive sports against American women that are engaged in the same sports. The author emphasizes the role of Chinese and American women in the Olympic games. He then demonstrates how the popular media in the United States tends to present female Asian athletes as being overly dedicated to their respective sports to the end goal of drug use or cheating, while female American athletes are presented as being dedicated but also are completely honest in all respects.
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" The American and the Asian medias treat their own female athletes much as they would their male athletes, but it is evident that the American mainstream media tends to portray Asian women as athletes that are not really competitors but are instead almost monstrous. In articles from the 1998 Summer Games, for example, the allegations that the Chinese athletes were using drugs allowed the media to vilify these women. "
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Asian Turmoil and the U.S. Economy, 2006.
This paper examines the impact in the rise of speculative investments in unregulated Southeast Asian economies which has resulted in a global-wide financial crisis.
3,361 words (approx. 13.4 pages), 18 sources, APA, AU$ 153.95
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This paper analyzes the under-regulated stock market, real estate ventures and currency instability in the Asian economy that resulted in world-wide financial crisis. This paper explores the events in the stock markets in Thailand, Manila, Singapore and Hong Kong that were extremely profitable for a short time, only to crash soon after, leaving countless people owing billions of dollars and the economies of many Asian nations in shambles. The writer of this well-researched paper discusses how banks in the U.S. suffered greatly because of fraud in Singapore as well as in trading in derivatives, which when the various nations' economies sank, so did the value of these investments. This paper also examines the tug of war between Asian exports and imports and their impact on the American economy.
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Abstract
Introduction
The Derivatives Fiasco
Japan
Asia
United States Actions and Reactions
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"A staid old British banking institution, Baring Brothers, decided to enter the Asian derivatives field, and so sent a number of young traders, including Nick Leeson, first to Indonesia, then, based on his success, to Singapore. He used this great distance from the home office to trade in his own account, using the firm's money, as well as investments from other international banks. Because of the volatility of the market (and natural disasters like the Kobe earthquake) he first made poor judgment calls which had him owing 170 million pounds (about. $225 million). At the end, he was in the red (or, rather Baring's was) in the amount of $1.5 billion. When discovered, he and his wife fled, but were eventually arrested. This one man's greedy fraud had caused Baring's to go bankrupt, and caused a ripple effect in the U.S. where similar derivatives investments turned sour."
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Women's Sexuality In The U.S. Media, 2002.
Examines the cross-cultural representation of women's sexuality.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 15 sources, AU$ 102.95
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Examines the cross-cultural representation of women's sexuality. Focus is on White, African Americans, Hispanic and Asian women. Idealized sexual images of women and effect on modern culture. Negative influence on young women. Roles of wife, mother, nurturer, superwoman (career and family) and sex object. Race as a social construct.
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"CROSS CULTURAL REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN'S SEXUALITY IN US MEDIA
Introduction
The following research paper will explore the cross cultural representation of women's sexuality in the U.S. media, with respect to white, black, Asian, and Hispanic women. A comparison of these groups will be included in the discussion.
Women's Sexuality in the U.S. Media
Women's sexuality in the media is reported to reflect the ideal body image or shape and this image is viewed as socially acceptable and therefore internalized by women. Research shows that the media image of a woman's body has changed over the last 20 years to include a decrease in bust and hip measurements. Magazines have more articles on beauty and weight loss topics than before. Individual awareness of this sociocultural ..."
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U.S.-East Asia Trade, 2000.
An examination of the effects of thevalue of the U.S. dollar and the euro (European currency) on trade between the U.S. and major East Asian economies.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 76.95
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"Value Of Us$ and Effect On East Asian Trade
This research examines the effect the value of the US$ in international currency exchange on trade between the major economies of East Asia and the United States. For purposes of this research, the major economies of East Asia are assumed to be those of Japan, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea (South Korea), and Thailand. The introduction of the single currency, the euro, for 12 of the 15 member states of the European Community (EC) in 1 January 1999 is expected to have some impact on the reserve currency of preference status of the US$. In turn, the euro could have an impact on the value of the US$ in international currency exchange. Therefore, the potential effect of the euro on the value of the US$ in international currency exchange also is addressed..."
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Casual Leisure in the U.S. and Southeast Asia, 2006.
This paper examines the levels of drug and alcohol abuse by students in the U.S. and Southeast Asia.
2,051 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 14 sources, MLA, AU$ 103.95
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The paper predicted that drug/alcohol abuse by students would be more significant among U.S. students than among Asian ones. Asia is relatively conservative in its outlook, while the United States is almost synonymous with experimentation and leisure. However, the research found that the use of currently illicit substances was socially acceptable in Southeast Asia. Also, the major growing areas for poppies and marijuana are located in or very close to Southeast Asia, making transportation easy and cheap. The paper concludes that U.S. students are therefore less likely to be heavy drug/alcohol users than are Southeast Asia students.
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Introduction
College Lifestyle and Drug/Substance Use in the United States
The Situation in Southeast Asia
Drug Abuse Recorded in Various Countries and Areas in Asia
Conclusion
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"In 1989, Rojek recognized that the negative side of leisure is a central factor in society when he said, "an obvious and indisputable fact about leisure in modern society is that many of the most popular activities are illegal" (1999, p. 82). Among college students in the United States, he found that the illegal activities were underage drinking and illegal drug use. Findings reported by Hoover, based on a survey of students at 140 U.S. college campuses, showed that "two in five college students regularly drink five or more alcoholic beverages in a row, which was significantly linked to the frequency with which they encountered secondary effects of alcohol consumption including date rape, scholastic difficulties, and violence (Hoover, 2002, pp. 34-37). A study by Tucker and Shinew (1995) examined the leisure pursuits of college age students, and found that 86% of those surveyed "consumed alcohol at least once a week and 40% used illegal drugs, primarily marijuana" (unpaged study). This material was based on self-reports, however, and might be skewed in favor of more alcohol and drug use, or less."
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Asian Women Immigrants, 22.
This paper takes a look at two generations of Asian women worker immigrants to America.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 62.95
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An examination of the social issues created by the influx of immigrant workers with a special focus on female workers from Asian countries. This paper looks at how these women have to fight for recognition on a number of fronts - being Asian, being immigrants and especially being women. The writer looks at two generations of these workers and asks if their personal attitudes have changed and whether society's attitudes have changed towards them, as well.
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"With the high level of susceptibility to gender and minority issue, Asian women immigrants have to cope with more challenge than their male fellows do. As immigrants, they need enough fortitude to get along with their new community besides fulfilling personal dreams.
"The problem of discrimination has been continuing since the first group came in America in the middle of 19th century. The earlier generation mainly worked as labors, domestic helpers, even prostitutes. The industrialization era commenced in America in 1870 had attracted mass movements of migrants from other countries and built long establishment after that."
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U.S. Military Aid to Southeast Asia, 1996.
Evolution of strategy, assistance, politics in Cold war context, focusing on post-1973 events. Costs, impact on Association of Southeast Asian Nations, U.S. interests.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 127.95
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"This paper will discuss the military assistance provided by the United States to various countries in Southeast Asia since 1973. The first part of the paper will briefly describe the history of U.S. military assistance since the end of the Second World War. The second part of the paper will examine the aid given to Southeast Asian countries after the Vietnam War. This section will look at the reasons for such aid and the changes in U.S. policy concerning such aid. This section will also discuss the provision of such aid from the viewpoint of the Southeast Asian countries receiving it. The third part of the paper will use the example of Thailand to show how such aid affects the policies of both the providers and recipients. The last part of the paper will postulate the future of U.S. military assistance to ..."
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Iraqi Women in the U.K., 2007.
A study of re-settlement experiences of Iraqi-Kurdish women migrants in the U.K.
4,712 words (approx. 18.8 pages), 25 sources, MLA, AU$ 195.95
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The objective of this paper is to conduct a review of literature relating to the re-settlement experiences of Iraqi-Kurdish Muslim women asylum seekers who currently live in the Dover area. It examines how the plight of the migrant and refugee Iraqi-Kurdish women is one that is complex in that the country of origin and the country of destination have differential rules of law and society. It also discusses how this can be defined in terms of acceptable or illegal behavior in the treatment of women.
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Objective
Introduction
Profile of the Kurdish People
History of the Kurdish People
Western Media Propaganda has Negatively Affected Perception of the Kurds
The Demands of Kurdish Women upon the Government Relating to Education
Healthcare is Almost Non-Existent for Kurdish Refugee and Immigrant Women
Factors in the Lives of Kurdish Refugee and Immigrant Women
Postmodernism and Feminism
Human Rights Watch Urges E.U. to Establish Definition of Fundamental Rights
Current State of Affairs for Refugees and Migrant People in Britain
Migration has Gender-Dimension
Battered Migrant, Refugee and Immigrant Women - Legal Aspects
Summary of Literature Review
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"The Kurds are a diverse ethnic group living across Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and provinces of the former USSR. The Kurds have suffered persecution because of being 'stateless' and persecution in Iraq has been the most noted. Women hold a high place in the family of the Kurdish clans which are based on paternal lines. (Cultural Diversity in Health, 2006) The Kurdish people are reported to be the single largest ethnic group in the world without a country of their own. The area called Kurdistan is home to 25 million of these people which is a mountainous region stretching some 200,000 miles from the southeastern edge of Turkey, along the Syrian northeastern border touching north Iraq and west Iran. Those who flee the era do so to the Middle East, Central Asia, Australia Europe and North America. "
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"Asian-American Women and Men" ( Yen Le Espiritu ), 1999.
Reviews this work on employment experiences and opportunities of Asian-American women.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, AU$ 63.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine changes in American immigration patterns of Asian American women after World War II. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which the shift in Asian immigration to the U.S. toward predominance of women occurred and then to discuss, with reference to Espiritu?s Asian American Women and Men, effects that these immigrant women have had on the general structure of Asian immigration to the U.S. and on the relationship between immigrant Asian men and women in particular.
What Espiritu describes as ?engendered? structures of relationships between Asian men and women in the U.S. and of the relationship between the dominant culture and Asian women is the focus of her analysis of the impact of the predominance of Asian women over Asian men as immigrants to the U.S. in recent years. She ..."
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Women in U.S. Prisons, 2002.
A discussion of the injustices in the U.S. women?s prison system.
1,473 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 78.95
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This paper looks at how the justice system is designed to enact punishment on those who have committed a crime, but how for many women incarcerated in the United States the prison system is nothing less than a torture chamber. It examines how for these women, sexual abuse and gross misconduct at the hands of those who are supposed to protect them are commonplace. It provides statistics on women in U.S prisons, an outline of specific issues faced by female prisoners and why these conditions actually exist. It concludes with possible solutions to these problems and current investigations by groups such as Amnesty International.
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"Women are being sold as sex slaves to male inmates. (Ruggiero) If this was not deplorable enough, the guards themselves are using the women for their own sexual pleasure. The incidence of rape, defined as sexual intercourse with a woman by a man without her consent and chiefly by force or deception, (Webster?s Online Dictionary) is a ?fairly rare phenomenon?. (Olson) This by no means belittles the unjust sexual relationships occurring. The officers are using their position of power to force the inmates to have sex with them so in effect that is rape."
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Asian Women's Issues, 2006.
An understanding of the importance of Asian feminist awareness over the laws that provide Equality of the sexes.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 142.95
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This paper discusses the various aspects of Asian women's awareness through feminist organizations and social foundations. According to this paper, by understanding the problems of communication between in Xue's radio interviews, one can learn how laws do not effectively protect women from sexism in a patriarchal society. Both immigrant and native Asian women suffer a pattern of lawless behavior on the part of male officials in the government or in society, which denies them the ability to stand up as equal citizens.
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"This women's study will analyze the growing importance of feminist activism and awareness over a focus that superficially empowers women through the law. Although the law has been an important construct in making men liable for their atrocities towards women, the basis for feminist ideology should support awareness and community based informational agendas. The law does not always provide the safety and rights based initiate for women to realize their equality amongst men. This study will analyze the various points of view that women relate in towards the law, and why it is more important that women congregate and discuss their feelings, social goals, and opinions through community interaction."
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Role of Asian Women, 2002.
A discussion of the role of women in different societies in Asia.
2,243 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 111.95
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This paper examines how for centuries, women have always been considered as inferior to men and how this biased perception was not only existent in the eastern civilizations but was also present in the western societies. It looks at how today in eastern civilizations, women have made significant contributions towards several social, political and religious movements either directly or indirectly and have been playing an important role in the advancement and development of these societies. Throughout Asia, nations have supported women as leaders in different political movements, which were initiated by their husbands or fathers and most of the Asian women have been ruling in societies where women often do not have much liberty to express their views and exercise their individual freedom. This paper analyzes the role of women of the years in several prominent societies of Asia including China, South East Asia, Japan and Mongolia.
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"With the independence of South Asia from the British regime, a democratic constitution was formed, which recognized the rights of women as equal to that of men. In the coming decades, numerous laws were changed including the marital laws, the property right legislations, rules for inheritance etc. Several other movements in the late 70s were supported by women activist groups, which led to the formation of several new legislations to protect the interests of women. However, the recent wave of fundamentalism has again brought women?s liberty at stake. There are still incidents of murders and rapes in South Asia and literacy rate of women in the region is the lowest in the world, which is very surprising."
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The U.S. and the Korean War, 2007.
This paper explores the role of the United States in the current Korean conflict.
864 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 49.95
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The paper discusses the Korean War that divided a once single nation into North and South Korea. The paper shows how the United States has been one of the raison d'etre for the Korean War; the U.S. saw the Soviet Union's expansion in the Asian continent as a threat to its sphere of democracy. The paper discusses how as the world entered the 21st century, the United States continued its involvement in the Korean peninsula, albeit as a broker for peace and reunification initiatives. The paper concludes that despite all the United States' reunification efforts, the two Koreas are still a long way off from actually coming to terms with reunification.
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"Never in the history of mankind have we seen a conflict that lasted for over half a century. A conflict that started with a full-scale warfare and continued with skirmishes and psychological warfare, the Korean War divided a once single nation into North and South Korea. "On June 25, 1950, fighting broke out between North Korea and South Korea along the 38th parallel. The South Koreans were quickly overrun and sought help from the United Nations (UN). By October, UN forces had advanced as far north as the Yalu River, which forms Korea's border with China. China then entered the war on the side of North Korea and forced a retreat of UN troops back toward the 38th parallel. An armistice line was formed July 27, 1953, north of the 38th parallel along the battle line. (Microsoft Corp., 2006)" "
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Women in the U.S. and Afghanistan, 2004.
This paper compares women in the United States and in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 63.95
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This paper contrasts the rights of women in the United States and in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The author points out the restrictions against women for religious reasons by the Taliban. The paper underscores the gains made by American women in a secular society.
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"American women make about seventy percent of what American men do for comparable or even the same work, perform the majority of domestic labor and child-rearing roles and comprise only a very small fraction of government officials leading scholars and artists."
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