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Origins and theories of African-American Vernacular English

There are a couple of theories as to the origin of African-American Vernacular Englsh (AAVE). Some linguists believe that the language derives from West African languages.

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Changing representations of La Malinche in Mexican culture

The choices for women have, across both time and space, almost always been far more constrained than the choices of men.

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Gender and power in five historians' approaches to history

But it also reveals at least as much about the era in which the history was written.

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American generational change and values since World War II

Since the end of World War II, the American people have seen an extraordinary change in the economic, social and moral priorities of the nation and its people. Three generations have grown up since the war, each positively and negatively influenced by their parents and social change.

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Same-sex couples and the debate over gay adoption rights

One of the more high-profile contemporary civil rights issues is the controversy over gay marriage.

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Tilton's analysis of the evolving Pocahontas narrative tradition

Robert Tilton's book, Pocahontas: The Evolution of a Narrative, is ultimately a story about a story.

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Enlightenment influences on European criminal justice reform in the eighteenth century

This paper traces the history crime and punishment in Europe. It looks at the influences of that time the social and philosophical movements and how they affected the whole evolution of treatment of crime and the thought behind punishment.

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Career transition from physician to nurse: personal perspectives and professional development

This paper looks at the ideal of a self-concept paper with a view of a personal look at how a person seeks to be part of the medical profession in a change over from the role of the physician to that of a nurse, taking into context their personal views, experiences, and previous roles within the…

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Hemingway's modernist style and autobiographical influences in his fiction

Hemingway is classified as a modernist in fiction. Modernism rejected traditions that existed in the nineteenth century and sought to stretch the boundaries, striking out in new directions and with new techniques. More was demanded of the reader of literature or the viewer of art.

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Vladimir Nabokov's characters and his brother Sergei's influence

Vladimir Nabokov wrote about the world in which he lived. His world was the first half of the twenty first century, and was filled with mistrust and double standards. His world was one of death and the darker side of human nature.

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