2,403 words

Wole Soyinka's defense of African literature and cultural authenticity

The book Myth, Literature, and the African World, was published in 1976, twenty years before the author, Wole Soyinka, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

~13 min read

View paper →

1,333 words

Bilingual education programs and teacher challenges in two-way immersion

Teacher's Workshop is devoted to raise the opportunities for the progress of the practical staff. These opportunities come directly to a school by means of the speaker's office or to the school and to the teachers by special conference events at great places.

~7 min read

View paper →

2,015 words

Wealth and morality in Alexander Payne's Sideways

Sideways is two hour tribute to drunk driving and friends who should all consider joining AA together. In it Jack, a voice-over advertisement actor, and Miles, the author of an unpublishable book, swing through California wine country.

~11 min read

View paper →

1,488 words

War's role in shaping American identity and values

War can be seen as a pillar of the American tradition. We are a nation born of war - our Revolution - and defined by war - our Civil War.

~8 min read

View paper →

2,436 words

Cultural barriers in medical treatment of Hmong patients

In her book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, author Anne Fadiman recounts the life and death of a little Hmong girl living in Merced, California.

~13 min read

View paper →

1,169 words

The Sergeant's transformation in Lady Gregory's The Rising of the Moon

In Lady Gregory's The Rising of the Moon, the character of the Sergeant begins the action as an already transformed man. He was once loyal to his home country, Ireland. As he grew older, however, the lure of money and good living brought him to his profession of Sergeant and his loyalty to England.

~6 min read

View paper →

1,169 words

Language diversity's influence on critical thinking and communication

Language and language diversity play very significant roles in critical thinking processes, of speakers and listeners alike (and also of writers and readers alike).

~6 min read

View paper →

2,368 words

European genocide of Native Americans in the Americas

There is much written concerning the Jewish Holocaust during World War II, when an estimated six million Jews were slaughtered or died from the elements and starvation, and there is much written concerning the African slave trade and the horrors surrounding the practice of slavery in America.

~12 min read

View paper →

1,134 words

Russian immigrant family adaptation in 1990s America

Immigration to the United States was not a pleasant experience for many people, at least not initially. I can testify to this since me and my family experienced difficulties when we moved from Russia in 1994.

~6 min read

View paper →

1,333 words

Social services and obesity intervention in Fort Worth, Texas

Contexts and Issues in Family Studies -- Social Services in the Bilingual Community of Fort Worth, Texas The Texas Institute for Policy Research has created a community initiative specifically designed to improve the health of the community's members in the community of Fort Worth.

~7 min read

View paper →