Contemporary Issues And Images Of Asian-Americans
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8 pages in length. The notion of cultural assimilation carries with it significant challenges for those who strive to adapt to an entirely new way of life. The manner by which issues are addressed in Asian-American media provides one with a significantly better understanding of just how difficult a time myriad Asians have had while attempting to reconstruct their entire cultural existence. Various media formats have adopted a perspective on Asian ethnocentricity in such a way as to clearly illustrate these challenges, with film, television and print offering much the same viewpoints. The vast issues that are presented compare to historical depiction by way of carrying forth the continuing difficulties that exist within Asian-American populations, inasmuch as historical communities reflected much the same obstacles that exist within contemporary society. When one examines the importance of such media attention with regard to the Asian-American society, literary contribution is one area that cannot be overlooked, and Amy Tan is one writer who is at the forefront of accurate depiction. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Critique and Review of “Black Rain”
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This is a 5 page paper reviewing the novel and the film “Black Rain” and discussing its success or failure in artistic merit. “Black Rain” has a unique place in the post-war Japanese and world literature in that it does not focus on the politics surrounding or the immediate events after the atomic bomb on Hiroshima but instead focuses on the human issues and traditional values which were affected by the event for years afterward. Author Masuji Ibuse wrote the novel in 1966 and was not intending on selling the rights to a movie until he met with the pacifist film maker Shohei Imamura who in 1989 managed to make an accurate portrayal of the recollections of survivors as based on the works within Ibuse’s novel. Both the novel and the film are considered to be successful and unique of their humanist and traditionalist views of Japanese life. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Crossley’s “Orphan Warriors”
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A five page paper looking at Pamela Kyle Crossley’s book “Orphan Warriors: Three Manchu Generations and the End of the Qing World” in terms of its sociological analysis of this ethnic minority in China. The paper shows the development of the culturally-distinctive Manchu minority group, and traces their fall from a position of conqueror to a culture struggling to hold onto ancestral beliefs. No additional sources.
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Cultural Illusions in Hwang’s “M. Butterfly”
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A five-page paper looking at this hit play by David Henry Hwang, in the context of the questions it raises about cultural stereotypes and gender roles. The paper asserts that Gallimard’s evolution in the play is representative of the conflict between Western and Eastern philosophies. Bibliography lists three sources.
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Culture and Generational Clashes
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This 4 page paper discusses the conflicts between Hata and Sunny, and Mona and her mother, in the novels "A Gesture Life" and "Mona in the Promised Land." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Dalai Lama’s Ethic of Compassion, Featured in “Kindness, Clarity and Insight”
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A 5 page paper which examines the Buddhist view of compassion, as interpreted by Tibet’s fourteenth Dalai Lama, and how it is the essential component in helping others. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Displacement in postcolonial literature
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A six page paper which considers the concepts of sense of place and displacement in postcolonial literature, especally with reference to hybridisation and the reification of indigenous culture. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Dragon's Village and Red Azalea
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A paper which looks at two autobiographical novels set in the Chinese Cultural Revolution, with particular reference to the protagonists' experiences in reconciling their personal and political views. Bibliography lists 4 sources
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Endo: “A Fifty-Year Old Man”
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This 3 page paper discusses the short story “A Fifty-Year Old Man” by Shusaku Endo and answers questions about it. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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