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brilliant mind as she expanded Russia in a myriad of ways geographically and economically. Her expansion was not a unique idea but she led her military with the values of amelioration and westernization and ultimately expanded to be noted by modern western countries. She began the expansion of Russia by Turkey, declaring war on Russia in October of 1768. The war became calm and wasn’t a persistent issue until 1784. In 1784 a treaty was signed and Russia officially gained Turkish land,…

as Gendered Orientalism. This is the kind of “feminism” that centers white narratives and strips away the agency of women of color. It places the West on a pedestal of gender empowerment, and thus ignores the systemic misogyny of Western nations. It generalizes non-Western cultures. It promotes the dual image of the scary brown man and the white savior. This is the “feminism” of white people (especially, but not only, men) trying to save women of color. It appropriates women’s rights movements…

The general consensus among Americans (and likely people worldwide) is that by the dawn of the Twentieth Century what had become known as “the wild west” of the United States had been thoroughly tamed. The sensationalized accounts of the region popularized in the pulpy rags known as “dime novels” had by and large been deemed a thing of the past as the “civilized” world of industrialization spread westward. Yet, can a region and culture bow to the whims of popular conceit? Can the soul of a land…

Sikh twins by the examiner during their final Art examination. Individuality could be a key point to examine a cultural conflict in this context. Before the examination, it will give a definition of culture and difference of the value system in each Western and Asian culture. Culture can be explained in many kinds of terms. Lustig and Koester (2010:25) defined “culture is a learned set of shared interpretations about beliefs, values, norms, and social practices, which affect the behaviors of a…

increasingly belonged to the West. By the 19th century, Western hegemony and its ability to obtain the Orient allowed a wide spread communication of Orientalism. No longer limited to just written and contemplative methods, the system of knowledge which Orientalism filtered into Western consciousness was now solidified by physical representation for public entertainment. Although Orientalism came into being through the self-centered Western imagination, it was not just an airy European fantasy.…

“My hands were to soft. I had to find some special occupation, some kind of work that would not force me to turn away from the sky and the stars, that would allow me to discover the meaning of life.” Marc Chagall Marc Zakharovich Chagall (July 7th, 1887 – March 28th, 1985), a name he did not use until 1910 (arrival in Paris), was a Russian-born French Artist, holding the title of one of the premiere Jewish Artists of the 20th century. His paintings are largely associated with Cubism,…

meaning that the religion views the world through a point of view that is human-centered. Subsequently, White makes a case regarding the role of Christianity 's anthropocentrism in contributing to the development of science and technology with a Western lens. As a consequence, White makes the statement that ecological disaster began to occur as more technology gave humanity power over nature. Lastly, he asserts that Christianity acts in the opposite manner of environmentalism due to its…

globalization and westernization, and whether or not they are equal to each other and whether the advance of westernization is helpful or problematic for the societies. Westernization is the changing from the traditional cultural to the western dominance and western imperialism, but globalization is infect the tendency in which technologies, philosophical and economic advances can be made throughout the world with a global time zone and boundaries. There are many different views on whether…

Emigrating from China, my parents and ancestors share a strikingly different habit of music listening than my brothers and I. During their early childhood years, my parents viewed popular music at the time solely as a form of religion. However, as my parents settled into America after immigrating in 1994, the consumption of popular music began to link the traditional Chinese way-of-life with the new American life my parents chose. The role that music had on my parents differs from how my…

Traditionally, women in cultures that are primarily Hindu are treated less favorably than men. This is just the way of life in places like India. From a western perspective, it is hard to understand and justify the hardships the women experience on a day to day basis. The culture of Hinduism promotes this behavior and gender roles are certainly prevalent. However, as modern ideas surface, stricter laws and rules have been implemented which have begun to pry the religion open and raise questions.…