War, divided the American society for decades. Until today the memory of the war still haunts the American conscience. Thus, the purpose of the essay is to examine the significance of the Vietnam War as a collective memory in the American society. Specifically, the main focus will be on how the remembrance of the Vietnam
previously garnered little, if any, interest among people became elevated to the status of a national monument, albeit unofficially, in the face of demolition. Nostalgia was enhanced even further when the national library building was seen as a site of memory due to its material, functional and symbolic aspects in Singapore society (Nora, 1996). People saw it as Singapore’s first major educational institution and thus, this perspective did not only just highlight its material and functional aspects but
dangerously. This is what I’ve always thought it meant to be a writer,” Danticat states in the opening chapter. This tension between the liberating potential of art and the oppressive power of dictatorship is a theme that emerges in several of Danticat’s essays. Reflecting on execution of Marcel Numa and Louis Drouin, two guerilla
In his attempt to arrive at the foundation of religion, i.e. the basic constituents of every religion, Emile Durkheim studies the Australian cults in terms of beliefs, practices and collective behavior. According to Durkheim, these Australian tribes are primitive societies that, therefore, are easy to examine and to arrive at a conclusion from such examination. A tone of arrogance is felt here in the choice of the sample and the description mentioned but it is quite understandable in the
Based on the death of subject and the impossibility of parody, the notion of pastiche, however, arouses the question about the boundary: to what extent and in what context can the hypothesis function? Using The Longest Nite (1998) as an example, this essay will try to evaluate to what extent a postmodern movie can or cannot fit into Jameson’s definition of pastiche and nostalgia film; and thus, in the other way around, to what degree pastiche can be regarded as a common feature of postmodern texts.
Theoretical Framework Cohen’s Three Keys In Paul Cohen’s, History in three keys, there is an underlying focus on the purpose and intention of a historical narrative. History in three keys provided a framework that explicitly grapples with events of the Boxer Rebellion (1898-1900) - an uprising against national contamination in the form of foreign missionaries, soldiers, diplomats as well as native Christians and enemies real of imagined. As its title suggests, Cohen’s presented the argument
Wilhelm Wundt’s Institute of Experimental Psychology and the introduction of Darwin’s new theory of evolution as descried in Origin of Species has had a huge impact on the development of the modern discipline of Psychology and on society today. In this essay I will examine Wilhelm Wundt’s Institute of Experimental Psychology and Darwin’s theory of evolution from Origin of Species. I will look at what they included and the effect they had on Psychology and society at the time they were published and their
reality. A great poet according to Whitman exhibits the pinnacles that no man can tell what they are for or what is beyond. A poet reveals the hidden possibility. A poet also brings to the surface the riches playing somewhere in the racial memory, in the collective unconscious. The poet is seer the eye of the universe. He is capable to see the core of the universe and potential to realize the presence of the eternal. Such a poet is bound to be an optimist. Above all, the poet is a person who guides
reading and writing are related to one another. This statement is also stated by Carell and Carson. They said, “Reading strategies must be taught that will enable learners to comprehend the text in a way that will allow them to produce an appropriate essay. ... Because task based learning is grounded in learners’needs.” (Carell & Carson, in Escribano:
Introduction Propaganda remains a relatively unformed concepts despite the fact that it was defined by many scientists with different ways. This is reflected in the uncertainty and absence of agreement between several ways used to explain the phenomenon. But still some aspects of propaganda can be studied without unconditional agreement in political and other sciences. Propaganda in many cases is associated with a distortion of the truth and such expressions as ‘brainwash’, ‘lie’, ‘manipulation’