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A Geisha Art Display, 2008.
This paper describes an art exhibit that will show the importance of Geisha to the Japanese culture.
822 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 47.95
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The paper explains the importance of Geisha to the Japanese culture. The paper explains that Geisha means "a person of the arts" and the typical geisha was adept in flower arranging, calligraphy, music, dance, and the unique Japanese tea ceremony. The paper describes the art exhibit that will include the Kimono traditional clothing, Ikebana (flower arranging) and Japanese calligraphy. The paper relates that visitors to the art exhibition will leave with a clear understanding of geisha's striking contrast with the reserved nature of the regular Japanese culture. The paper includes images of the Kimono clothing, flower arranging and Japanese calligraphy.
Outline:
Geisha Art Display
The Art Pieces
Kimono
Ikebana
Calligraphy
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"To understand the importance of Geisha to the Japanese culture as well as its significance within that culture, one must first understand Japanese culture. Within Japan the Japanese language epitomizes the culture with its emphasis on order and structure while such aspects as clothing, epitomized by the kimono which means literally "something that is worn" are widely seen within the culture as the ideal of Japanese garments (Sugimoto 43). Additionally, Japanese culture takes art forms such as painting, wood block prints, and especially calligraphy based on Chinese characters and makes of them a highly stylized, abstract art form. Yet, Japanese are, in their daily lives, quite reserved and adhere to strict social mores regarding behavior, speech, and a high regard for social order (Sugimoto 14). Thus, it can be imagined that where the typical historical Japanese woman might be reserved and less forward in not wanting to bring attention to herself geisha became a highly stylized representation of the Japanese woman. That is, without the social constraints of folkway and mores that barred traditional Japanese women from self-expression, geisha might be thought of as the unconscious expression of how many women, and men, conceived them to be."
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Cultural Ethnography of the Japanese Geisha, 2007.
This paper describes the history, training and life of the Japanese Geisha.
3,003 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 142.95
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This paper examines the ethnography of the Japanese Geisha. Additionally, it highlights many subtopics of the Geisha culture such as history and training, customers and skills, fashion, and modern-day and western influences. The paper includes an annotated bibliography with descriptions of sources used.
History of the Geisha Culture
Becoming a Geisha
Geisha Talents and Those Who Enjoy Them
Geisha Appearance
Modern-Day Geisha and Western Influence
Conclusion
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"Geisha hair, Geisha makeup, Geisha grace: Geisha is a pleasing profession envied by women and adored by men. She is a living work of art; a doll adorned in satins and silks. Her entrance anywhere has movie star status and everyone wishes to be a part of her world: the flower and willow world. The Geisha profession is a time-honored tradition that has gradually changed into its own intricate culture. In this essay, I will explore the various complexities and mysteries of the Geisha culture by addressing the following areas: Geisha history, training, talents and customers, traditional dress, and Geisha in the modern world. I will clarify any misconceptions one may have about this beautiful and mysterious culture."
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Japanese Geisha: A Disappearing Culture, 2007.
A look at the history and culture of Japanese Geisha, with reference to the book and movie "Memoirs of a Geisha".
1,904 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 97.95
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This paper discusses how Geishas are still active in Japanese society today and how they have been a part of Japan's culture since ancient times. It contends that the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha" does not come close to adequately representing the life of a geisha-an important and guarded piece of Japanese culture and history. In contrast, it looks at how Arthur Golden's novel, by the same title, seems to much more adequately provide an insiders look into this fascinating world.
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"Many of the geisha community's top clients were military leaders and the leaders of huge companies and factories with homes in Japan. Many of these clients were killed in the war. Those who survived often lost everything they had after losing entire factories and companies to bombs and air raids. Not only did the geishas lose clients--many practicing geishas were lost as well. Thousands of lives were taken from Japan in World War II. Unfortunately, social status did not save anyone from the attacks. "
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The Culture and Decline of the Geisha, 2000.
A look at the historical function of the Geisha and reasons for their decline in popularity.
1,730 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 89.95
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This paper takes a look at the role and function of the Geisha from the Edo period and the expectations of behavior and conduct of a geisha. As the numbers of geisha in Japan are declining, the paper also looks at a number of reasons to explain this decline
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"Entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1600-1867), especially entertainment involving women, was considered to require close supervision by the government. Prostitution was legal if properly licensed and controlled. Shimbara and Yoshiwara were fenced-in districts on the outskirts of Kyoto and Edo where prostitution was contained and regulated until 1957. Of the numerous hours men spent in these districts, relatively few were devoted to sex. Most of the time was engaged in partying; the lure of the area was the romance, elegance and excitement that could be found in the one place in the structured feudal society where money, wit and charm combined to create a sub-culture rooted in evening recreation. Besides the prostitutes, a number of other classes of female entertainers and waitresses were permitted to work in designated entertainment areas. Geishas belonged in this category, and for them, engaging in sex with customers was officially prohibited. The term geisha literally means ?artist?. "
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The "Geisha", 2006.
A look at Liza Galby's book "Geisha".
1,218 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 67.95
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This paper takes a look at the everyday life of a Japanese Geisha, their role in society, their place, their relation to art (music, poetry, dancing), to culture and tradition, to prostitution and to Japanese wives as portrayed in the book by Liza Galby. Geishas are said to be one of the defining elements of Japanese society.
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"Without even attempting to cover the personality of geishas and their role, a few nouns are likely to help in defining geishas, both as a concept and as persons. First of all, we may state the fact that geishas are performers. Their role is to entertain at private parties, often for exorbitant sums of money. In Kyoto, in the traditional geisha neighborhood, filled with lots of restaurants and private houses, one can often see in the streets (especially after eight or nine in the evening), geishas can be seen walking around the street in their tight, exquisite kimonos and lavishly done hairstyles, entering the restaurants where they are appointed. Dancing, singing and reciting, alongside witty and smart conversation are some of the trades that geishas are taught ever since the beginning of their lives in the geisha schools. Notoriously, one of the most famous geishas of all time, Sada Yakko, who lived in the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, went on to become a remarkable actress, with tours that astounded the Western world at the beginning of the 20th century. Reputably, her conversation would stand the test of any of the potentates of those times. "
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"Memoirs of a Geisha", 2007.
An analysis of the novel, "Memoirs of a Geisha", by Arthur Golden, and a comparison between the book and the film of the book.
2,183 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 110.95
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The paper examines how both the film and the book rely on the exotic beauty of a hidden Japanese culture. The paper further examines how, because of the nature of the medium, the film is more reliant on stereotypes. The writer proposes that, while a book can subvert stereotypes with a humanizing narrative voice and force the reader to see the world through the eyes of 'the other', regardless of the reader's gender or nationality, film finds this more difficult.
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"The book's Cinderella story forces the reader to take on the persona of a marginalized person whose culture, country, and lifestyle is alien to most Americans. In contrast, the film "Memoirs of a Geisha," although made with Asian actors (and directed by an American filmmaker) eschews some of this first-person focus and instead stresses the brilliance of the colors and the exoticism of the geisha world to Western eyes. Thus, despite its visual power and iconography of color and design, the film tends to allow the viewer's mind to conform to stereotypes about Asians to a greater degree than that of the book."
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Ontario's Tobacco Display Ban, 2008.
Analyzes the 2008 Smoke Free Ontario Act, which requires all retailers to cover tobacco products from the public's view.
5,060 words (approx. 20.2 pages), 12 sources, APA, AU$ 205.95
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This paper explains that the Smoke Free Ontario Act, requiring cigarettes to be covered at point of purchase, is an attempt to help smokers who want to quit to avoid impulse purchases and to curb the normalization of smoking in the minds of youths. The author presents arguments for and against this act and reviews other legislation to stop smoking. The paper includes color illustrations and graphs.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Introduction
Arguments For The Smoke Free Ontario Act
The Power Wall
Power Of The Brand
Who Supports The Act
Arguments Against The Smoke Free Ontario Act
Conclusion
Advertising Ban
Warning Labels On Cigarette Packs
Raising Taxes
Www.Stupid.Ca
Banning Smoking In Public Places
Display Bans On Tobacco
Recommendation
Appendix 1: History Of Tobacco Legislation
Appendix 2: 2005 Smokers, By Province And Territory
Appendix 3: Stock Prices Of Tobacco Companies
Appendix 4: Reasons People Smoke
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"Cigarettes are a commodity product, distinguishable only through the image of their brand. This has been proven through blind-fold tests on dedicated brand smokers who could not tell their brand from others when branding images were removed. It is also true that smokers choose their brand early, when they first begin smoking, based on the brands smoked by their peers. In the US, Newport cigarettes have a 75% market share among blacks and only 12% among whites. It can hardly be asserted that the reason for this is that different tastes appeal to different races."
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Prominent Historical Changes Displayed through Social, Economic and Political Change., 2000.
This essay discusses prominent historical changes that occurred amidst social, economic and political change and highlights how changes in the same area, but from different time periods, manifest themselves in similar and dissimilar ways.
570 words (approx. 2.3 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 33.95
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The following paper looks at the way in which history is displayed through the social, economic and political change. It touches on changes in the American Society, Japanese society and the Industrial Revolution in England. In addition the author comments on the Information Age as well as the American Revolution and revolution in Iran.
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"Prior to television, authority was a central influence in American society. Television has participated in a social upheaval, where youth culture has replaced authority as a major social force. Television is a medium driven by advertising dollars and the advertising industry is driven by satisfying the needs of people with disposable income and few consumer loyalties: young people"
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Power and Display, 2005.
This paper looks at gender issues in East Harlem as portrayed in Philippe Bourgois' 'In Search of Respect'.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, AU$ 71.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the power and domination demonstrated in relations between men and women. The writer examines these gender issues in East Harlem, making use of the book 'In Search of Respect' by Philippe Bourgois.
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"In the world of East Harlem, the El Barrio depicted in Philippe Bourgois' 'In Search of Respect', gender relations are in a state of flux. In response both to trends in the broader society, such as the women's movement, and to changes within traditional Puerto Rican culture as patriarchal authority collapses, gender relations between women and men are shifting. However, as Bourgois records, this shift is often a violent one as gender is often constructed through public displays of power, authority and domination."
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Sexual Display of Women, 2003.
Analyzes two paintings depicting female nudes.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 76.95
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Discusses Eugene Delacroix's "Death of Sardanapolus" (1826) and Pablo Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d-Avignon" (1907). Examines the similarity of their approach as representing something new in artistic terms and the artistic interplay.
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"Eugene Delacroix's Death of Sardanapalus (1826) and Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) were painted only eighty years apart and demonstrate the immense changes that had taken place in painting in that span of time. Curiously, however, they ..."
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Jane Austen as a Conservative Writer, 2005.
An analysis of "Mansfield Park" and "Pride and Prejudice" in order to display how Jane Austen uses conservative conventions to display subtle social criticism.
2,474 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 121.95
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This paper examines Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park" and "Pride and Prejudice" in an attempt to argue that Austen is most definitely not a conservative writer. Concentrating specifically on her portrayal of women, the family, marriage, and her subtle criticism of patriarchal systems, the aim is to demonstrate how Austen uses conservative conventions to conceal her ambiguous feelings toward social customs. It contrasts surface meanings of the text with close critical readings of selected characters and events in order to show the subtlety Austen adopts to present social criticism. The characters of Fanny Price of "Mansfield Park" and Elizabeth Bennet of "Pride and Prejudice" are of particular importance to this argument.
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"On the surface, Mansfield Park appears to be a more conservative novel than Pride and Prejudice. The heroine, Fanny Price, seems to be an ideal conduct-book heroine, as she is what Hester Chapone terms 'private and domestic.' She is described in the novel as 'the perfect model of a woman' mainly because her emotional responses remain internalised and private as opposed to the open and frank mannered Elizabeth. Considering the contrast between the heroines of Mansfield Park and Pride and Prejudice, indeed, Fanny undoubtedly appears to be a more conservative character than Elizabeth. However, a closer reading of the text leaves Mansfield Park as the more radical of the two. Mansfield Park was the first of Austen's novels to be written and published in her maturity."
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Understanding Museum Exhibitions, 1998.
An analysis of the effects of labeling, lighting and assemblage on viewer perception of the displayed object in museum exhibitions.
4,154 words (approx. 16.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 179.95
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This paper examines the ways in which museum exhibition styles influence the way a object is viewed and interpreted by patrons. It looks at the most common tools used in creating an exhibition - the labeling, lighting and assemblage context, and how they may be manipulated either intentionally, or unintentionally, to convey a certain message about an object. It also examines the way display context may hinder effective communication with the viewer. Three example exhibitions are used to illustrate how various display modes can be used to communicate; the 1876 Paris Exposition of Louis Napoleon, the Herbert Ward exhibition of Africana and the 1988 exhibition 'Art/Artifact' at the center for African Art in New York. This paper also examines how the display context in each of these examples is used to convey a political message, represent a culture, and to challenge people's notions about aesthetic objects and cultural artifacts.
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"Exhibitions are most commonly seen in the everyday appearance of shop windows. Retailers use the exhibition of their goods to communicate to the customer something about the object. Through their use of the display case, lighting and the orientation of their goods they are telling the consumer the object is valuable and desirable. Exhibitors in museums also have this power to communicate through exhibition design. Unlike the shop displays though, the messages conveyed through museum exhibition are varied and complicated and far more reaching. An exhibitor has the power to affect how we will view an object. "The mode of installation, the subtle messages communicated through design, arrangement and assemblage can either aid or impede our appreciation and understanding of the visual, cultural, social and political interest of the objects and stories exhibited in museums." (Ivan Karp, 1991 pp. 13-14) Museum exhibitors not only have the power to communicate through their displays, but they also have the ability to direct the patron's perception of that object. Just as many believe a photograph is an accurate representation of reality, many patrons take what they are given in an exhibit as fact, even though both the photograph and the exhibit are subjects of the creators' interpretation."
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Modernization of Japan, 2002.
This paper explores the transformation of Japan into a modern society and culture.
1,660 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 86.95
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The paper begins by discussing Japan?s long history of tradition and its structure and composition of society before modernization. The paper studies barriers that impeded the country?s entry into the modern world - the role of Japanese women, unawareness of the most important technological advances of the 20th century and arts, entertainment and the geisha culture. Next, the paper examines the Meiji era and Japan?s abrupt transformation to modernity. The paper concludes by looking at how Japan has managed to retain its traditions while becoming part of the modern world.
From the Paper
"The word ?modernize? is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as: to make modern in appearance, style or character; to accept or adopt modern ways, ideas or style. If we utilize this definition to explain modernization, we can assume that the term refers to the application of such an action in a particular instance. At any given point in time, ?modern? pertains to the latest developments in the area of discussion.
The modernization of a culture is often a difficult undertaking; the degree of difficulty involved corresponds to the rate at which that culture has developed. One of the most incredible modernization processes in the world?s history occurred over less than half a century, in the still-enigmatic country of Japan."
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Leadership in "Glory", 2005.
A discussion of the various leadership character traits as displayed in Edward Zwick's movie "Glory".
2,514 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 123.95
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This paper examines different characteristics of a good leader and looks at how they are portrayed through the character of Colonel Robert Shaw in the movie. Using the military aspect of the movie, the writer discusses how Shaw was an example of a good leader/soldier and the manner in which these were displayed in his actions throughout the film.
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"Shaw's action has several other aspects, however, that contributed to it being an exceedingly effective way to gain support. One theory of leadership insists, "Leaders gain followers because people and organizations need direction. Although managers also provide direction, leaders chart direction in a different domain. . . . Eventually in every organization, the established path becomes blocked, or people get stuck in a rut, or a new possibility exists that is not on the existing course. The leader steps up when no defined path exists." (Blank 16). Simply put, a leader is willing to step outside of the boundaries governing conventional behavior to achieve his or her aims. People admire this quality; reaching beyond traditional paradigms allows the convictions of the leader and his followers to transcend the organizational structures that appear to limit them. A completely acceptable reaction to his soldiers' pay refusal would have been for Shaw to announce that he would report their grievances to his superiors. But Shaw goes beyond this sanctioned-almost scripted-response. By doing the unexpected, the Colonel takes a giant leap away from the persona of slave driver, or appointed manager, and towards a genuine leader of people and ideas."
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Board Games at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2004.
A look at some of the more fascinating board games displayed at this London museum.
4,926 words (approx. 19.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 202.95
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In 1974, Sir Roy Strong, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum at the time, felt there were enough significant objects relating to the history of childhood within the Victoria and Albert Museum to devote an entirely separate museum to this subject. Since then, the V&A childhood collection has been housed at Bethnal Green and has developed and grown in status to become a collection of national and international significance. Using the documentation available in the Museum of Childhood archives, the author of this paper has produced a comprehensive report on the most popular and influential games displayed at the museum. The paper shows that games were not just a leisure activity arbitrarily serving as a means of passing time. Many times, they are used to teach morals, histories, and religions, and are always a reflection of the culture that surrounds them.
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"Because of the gambling character inherent in many games played with a normal deck of cards, such as Poker or Bridge, children?s card games were often specifically designed to look different by the addition of pictures or words. In Europe, card games have been documented since about 1370. Card games for children are often fast-moving, enjoyable and easy to learn. Most could be played with a standard deck as well, but often cards for children have an educational theme, with designs based on almost any subject, from fairy tales to maths."
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Bre-X and the Power of Promotion, 2002.
A discussion on how the Bre-X story displays the importance of promotion in any business enterprise.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 114.95
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This essay will argue that the significance of the Bre-X story is that it displays the importance of promotion in any business enterprise. Bre-X officials played the Canadian media, and in particular the new electronic medium of the Internet, to promote their Indonesian gold find. An analysis of the Bre-X story will demonstrate that if the promotion is crafted to appeal to the desire of the media and the public for a particular narrative, in the short term few will look close at the details of the business plan and practices behind the promotion.
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