Three Inch Golden Lotus by Feng Jicai
It has been said of Feng Jicai's The Three Inch Golden Lotus that it obliterates the distinctions between kindness and cruelty, history and fable, forgery and authentic work. In other words, the story lies in the realm of ambiguity without declaring well-defined ideals of right and wrong. According to Chinese tradition, small bound feet were considered to be beautiful and erotic within Chinese society, but this artistic value came at a terrible price, the mutilation of a woman's feet. Feng Jicai, in 'The Three Inch Golden Lotus,' explored the paradoxes, as well as the complexities, involved in the custom of foot binding through the story of a woman who was forced to have her feet bound and the tragedies and triumphs she experienced because of it.
Behind the Urals by John Scott
Author John Scott was 20-years old when he went to Russia to work in 1932. He was young, brash, idealistic, and naive when he went to Russia, and he was much different when he returned to America five years later.
Social Issue Alcohol Drugs Consider a Social
This paper compares various sociological views of drug abuse, including social learning theory and conflict theory. Over the ages, the definition of what constitutes 'deviant' drug use has shifted. In the 19th century, drugs like cocaine and morphine were unregulated, and their use was widely accepted even by 'respectable' members of society. Definitions of what constitutes 'deviant' drug use has been inconsistent throughout history and even in the contemporary era, as can be seen in the harsher penalties meted out to crack versus powder cocaine users.
Heritage British Cinema and Thatcherism
The book, "British Cinema in the 1980's" by John Hill, has given detailed accounts of both heritage as well as Empire films, but however, happens to convey the mistaken message that filming the past is all completely an…