Essays on Representation

Task:

The issue political representation has become progressively more complex and litigious, in the element, as a result of success of the social movements in airing their demands for just representation of ‘groups’ or ‘identities’ that was unrecognized, such as those based on gender, the minority, disability, race, ethnicity, and sexuality. The emergence of new social movements and other complementary drifts, which work hand, in hand with movements, have threatened to change the status quo in fair representation in New Zealand. For example, the decrease of the electorate registration with main political parties, the emergence of the small parties and independents, ...

Introduction

Demographic composition of unions has been changing in the past decades. More women now form part of the workforce. Women can be found in most, if not all, lines of work. Minority ethnic groups have also increased in numbers. Ethnic composition of workers continues to shift. Migrant workers have become a distinct minority group. New types of workers, such as freelancers, home workers and service workers are also emerging as distinct labor groups. Unions operate through the concept of agency. Unions represent their member employees to the employer and regulatory bodies. Effective representation requires the consideration of different interests, ...

<Tutor> <Department>

Examining Bell Hook’s Contribution to Debates About Gender and Race

Introduction The dawn of the 20th century paved the way for the second wave of feminist where Bell Hooks or otherwise Gloria Jean Watkins emerged as among the most renowned thinkers that contributed to the debates about gender and race. Among the most notable contributions to gender and race debates are the theories that provided the standpoint for feminists. The myriad of claims encompassing in the debates on gender and race states that knowledge is something that is socially situated in ways that marginal members of the society particularly women can be made ...

Introduction

Representation is something that is past but remembered or perceived as something that is absent but signified. On the other hand, power refers to the capability of having control over someone or something. It is through representation that human beings give power to others. Human beings often observe certain representations as natural; since these representations have been cemented overtime to seem natural to us. Power production is through representations. Those groups who create meaning employ the power over others. A case study to help understand the power and representations is Ringrose and Walkerdine's article on 'Regulating the Abject'. The ...

Rob and Bunny Sherman want to file a suit against the Church of the Divine Light. They allege that one year ago, their 15 year old son called Rob Jr., was coerced into staying in the church. He was threatened by being told that if he left, he would be thrown into the eternal fires of hell. He was brainwashed and began believing that the church was his new family. He was also told to demand money from his parents to cater for his upkeep. Rob Jr. stayed in the church for a period of approximately six months. Rob Sr. and ...

Abstract

Knowledge management was traditionally taken for granted or prepackaged in a very limited view or interpretation of information. However, this contextual and static interpretation of knowledge management works against contradictory viewpoints that are required for meeting and solving the issues brought about by unstable business environments and conditions. Data is usually organized or arranged into information through the combination of data with the existing knowledge and the self system of an individual to create the mental representation of the information or new knowledge. This new knowledge or mental representation is usually used to solve a challenge or to make sense of a ...

Introduction

One of the most elementary aspects of skateboarding as pastime activity for some and a sport for others is that it is constantly evolving. It is because of this aspect that the sport is relatively widespread. Because of this aspect, the skateboarding has a quintessential aspect that makes it unique. One cannot argue that such progression is important to the activity that is skateboarding. This is evidenced by the development of difficult and increasingly complex tricks that have been developed across many generations. The media plays a very important role in defining and redefining the identity of a skateboarder. This is done ...

Introduction

Characteristics individuals exhibit depend on biological factors; their genetic makeup. This forms the basis for the exploration of race as a major issue in social existence. Racial grouping of individuals is dependent on physical factors such as; skin color and hair texture. It is also dependent on aspects such as ethnic, cultural, and geographical differences. The media is in charge of dissemination of information and acts as a source of entertainment to the masses. It can be defines as a means of communication which is broadcasted, written or spoken to reach the intended audience and serve the purpose. Its ability to ...

19 May 2011

Black Masculinity in the Media

Introduction

Representation of black masculinity in the modern mass media is one of the most topical themes of our times. At present time there are a lot of studies which analyze portrayals of Afro-American men in the media and also play one of the crucial roles in creation of these images. However, still there are certain gaps in research. That is why in terms of this paper we would like also to focus our attention on the black masculinity and analyze images, which are shown in a variety of the media sources. In the course of our ...

Question 1

Descriptive representation; this is the degree to which a representative bear a resemblance to those he/she represents such that they share similar characteristics like race, ethnicity, sex or residence. Some research questions that can be analyzed in this category are whether the representative has common interest, share common experiences or look like those they represent.

Symbolic representation: this is where the leader stands for the national ideas or the ways that a representative stands for the represented and has meaning to those he/she represents. The main research question is what kind of response is invoked by the representative in those being represented? ...

Image, Representation, Experience: Understanding the Architectural Object

Answering the question on the ways in which photographic images provide us with information about architectural objects requires an understanding of visual representation. As stated by one of the past designers, the basis of visual representation entails interpreting the marks made on the surface. However, understanding visual representation depends on an individual’s visual literacy – this entails understanding all of the aspects of visual appreciation. The various types of visual appreciation include: appreciation of images for constructing, appreciation of images for representing and appreciation of images for communicating knowledge. In a nutshell, visual literacy, in simple terms, could be termed ...

1. There are a few important differences between single-member districts and proportional representation in voting districts. Both are systems that are used for voting, and both have the goal of allowing the population of a voting district to choose an elected official or officials to represent the district. In a single-member district, the voting system is designed in such a way that it allows the represented population to return only one individual as a representative to a legislative body. For example, a district may vote for an individual to send to the state legislature; this is an example of this type of voting system. It ...

Introduction

Debate of voting system change in the last western developed countries still employing single member plurality voting that is Canada, Britain, and the United States; perpetually revolve to the supposedly catastrophic experience with PR in Italy and Israel at some point. It is supposedly since the catastrophe is characteristically emphasized, devoid of benefit of information, scrutiny, or chronological background. This replicates both the prejudice of political elite and their unawareness of other countries and other voting systems. Neither has academic critics been without such prejudice. If we traced the connection linking English-language articles critical of PR and a talk about ...

Question 1

Please fully discuss why it is beneficial for a nation that women be elected to political office. Response: It is beneficial for a nation to have women elected in the political office. In a global perspective, women are underrepresented in the world of politics, about 20 percent of the average percentage of women in the national parliaments. This underrepresentation is just one of the facts presented for women who are part of the politic arena. In addition, there are many argumentations about the representation of women in politics. On the contrary, justice arguments are clear for the representation of women. ...

Ex. Lara Croft

Interpretation: gender roles and setting negative example for children - Sex in video games leads to the erosion of culture

Ex. Pornographic and over sexualized characters such as Bayonetta and Lara croft

Interpretation: social and cultural expectations of women are negatively impacted - Gender inequality

Ex: Most developers are men, “tropes”

Interpretation: women represented as an inferior character - Violence in video games

Ex: Call of Duty, Tomb Raiders, Grand Theft Auto

Interpretation: violence focused on women - Damsel in distress

Ex: women as prostitutes in Grand Theft Auto

Interpretation: Women needs rescue, subject to sexual violence, submissive role - Recommendation

Governmenment laws and policies

The campaign of NGO and feminists Parental guidance Design of the games based on society’s expectation Representation of women in video games. Introduction. ...

INTRODUCTION

A Director at the University of Georgia Atmospheric Sciences Program posed a question during an interview with the Ebony magazine “Why African American girls May Be Left Out of the 21st Century Job Market”. The answers to the question seem to be glaring simple and complicated at the same time. African Americans, especially girls in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), continue to record decreasing numbers careerwise. Will all the data pointing to the fact that STEM jobs in the 21st century are considered the best jobs with the top 15 emanating from any one f those fields. ...

In the contemporary society, most of minority people based on any measure can be said to have gained recognition. Looking at the 111th congress of America, a lot of revolution can be deduced. It can be said to be a congress comprised of the most diversified representation in the American history. Tracing the changes and composition of the congress and the senate, racial division is not very evident or even does religious division seem to be very evident (Lin, 1). Looking at the history of the American politics, the greatest change can be traced in racial balance. All the way ...

Introduction

The redistricting process borrows from a rich political history on the political systems and the democratisation of the state. Politics of redistricting and reapportionment have for a long time occupied the minds of scholars and critics. In his analysis of the political effects of redistricting, Engstrom (36) argues that one of the seminal effects of the redistricting process is the gerrymandering on the political platform. There are also other effects bound to occur. For instance, the process leads to new leaders assuming power with new leadership styles and collaboration among the new faces of leadership unlike the old regimes and also ...

PSYC101 Journal Article ReviewAssignment - Part 2Article Analysis, Connection, and ReflectionDue: 11:55pm ETSunday at the end ofWeek 6of the 8-week course termYou may work on this assignment ahead of its deadline but may not submit it prior to Week 6.Points Possible: 140 OVERVIEW: For Part I of this two-part assignment you identified and summarized elements of a published scholarly article selected from the classroom Resources Folder. For Part 2, which is due by the end of Week 6, you will analyze, connect, and reflect on aspects of your selected article. Note that the words “succinct” and “thorough” repeat regularly ...

History

The Articles of Confederation were ratified in 1781 although the first draft had been written by Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The Articles organized the colonies into a weak confederation of more-or-less independent states (Sturgis, 2002). The United States of America became a new nation but unfortunately in the mid-1780s an economic depression forced a serious challenge for the national government to find solutions to the economic problems. The Articles of Confederation did not include taxation power or any other power that would provide income for the national government. The meaning of an American democracy became a debating point particularly on the ...

Part 1 (26 Words)

I will be connecting the idea that theatre acts a moral institution by discussing a film called Miss Representation, which represents social constructs by the media.

Part 2 (74 Words)

Today, theatre has been used to address issues affecting the society at large. Miss Representation is a film that shows how the media has an effect to young girls. It is a good film because it creates awareness to the public how women are seen as objects of pleasure. Thus, this film aims at empowering women of all ages and by trying to dismantle the social constructs that have been built by the media.

Part 3 (314 words)

In most cases, ...

Assignment Coversheet

Please complete all sections below and attach the completed coversheet to the front of your electronic assignment before submission:

Please complete before submitting your assignment: First Marker’s comments Please see comments below for further feedback. First Marker______________________ Date__________ Mark__________ Moderator_________________________ Date__________ Mark__________ Agreed Mark____________ Abstract The presence of colour in visual display either surface colour or perceptual plays an important role in assisting recognition. However, this assumption is widely debated because some edge-based theories are arguing that perceptual colour is not particularly helpful whilst other theoretical claims suggests that surface-based is ...

HRM and Culture

Human resource has the advantage of decision making capabilities, unique skill sets, and valuable knowledge. This therefore, enables companies with best practices of human resource management to have a competitive advantage over their rivals who do not. The resource based view creates a perspective where employees are viewed as resources thus making it easy to explain strategic management of a company. There are best practices of human resource management used to enhance organizational performance. Selective hiring is among the best practices of HRM. This implies being sensitive to issues such as gender. This paper seeks to discuss human resource management and culture ...

Program: - Political Science: Researching Political Analysis

Introduction –Definitions First past the post Proportional representation Comparative analysis

Compare and contrast the merits of First Past the Post and Proportional Representation Electoral Systems in the UK and one other country with a PR system Introduction-Definitions The provocative argument informing this discourse on first past the post and proportional representation emerged from a recently held British referendum to decide whether first past the post should be replaced by proportional representation as an electoral systemic procedure. A “no” vote for a change from FPTP to PR resulted from the referendum.

First past the post

This voting system is also known ...

The following paper discusses in detail the issue of under participation of the minority population in voting. Minorities in the US do not actively participate in voting and thus hamper the development of the nation. This paper aims in understanding the underlying reasons for such lack of participation and offers some solution to ensure that the minorities exercise their voting rights.

The Minority vote

Introduction Voting has many implications as it can make or break governments and can largely affect the smooth functioning of a government. Economic developments are significantly dependent on the voting turnout. Voting is an ideal weapon granted to ...

Structure

Both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans are similar in terms of proposing a federal government for the United States (US) divided into the executive, legislative and judicial branches. However, both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans differ from one another in terms of power distribution. Greater legislative power is promoted by the Virginia Plan, which plans to delegate executive and judicial appointments to the legislature. Proponents of the New Jersey Plan, however, recommended a more balanced power distribution by enabling the legislature to appoint officials to the executive branch, which in turn would appoint officials to the judiciary. Moreover, both ...

Floating point is a numerical-interpretation system in which strings of digits or bits represent real numbers. A system of arithmetic is defined to permit these representations to be manipulated with resultant being similar to the arithmetic operations done over real numbers. The representation uses an explicit designation of where the radix point should be located relative to the string. In computing, fixed-point number representation is a real data type representing a number with a fixed number of digits before and after the radix. The most common way of representing floating-point numbers in computers is the IEEE 754 standards or IEEE floating point. Several ...

Introduction

There has been a steady growth in the number of charges related to unfair labor practices with the NLRB (National Relations Board) (Steenson, 2010). This article describes what Unfair Labor Practices are. It goes further to explain the fines assessed by the companies. It also discusses the rate of repeat offenders. It begins by giving the definition of unfair labor practices. It then explains the various interests potentially harmed by Unfair Labor Practices. The interests discussed include individual interests, collective interests and union interest. The paper then describes the available remedies for the wrongdoing. Remedies discussed have been categorized into ...

In literature, Norte’s narrators express the methods in which the Latino family objectifies women based on their gender. At some point, gender and ethnicity come together to perpetuate favor on women. The title “Senorita Black Velvet Latina” is a representation of honor and respect for women. There are several elements dictated by the title that define traits that the woman possesses. The development of the title is a form of an art that creates and develops an image of a woman who has the title in the mind of a person who has never seen the woman but has heard about the ...

- Equality issues that trade unions should address Promotion of equality at the work place is one of the key functions of trade unions. The main priorities that trade unions bargain on are pay packages that are offered to workers and the terms and conditions under which the workers carry out their duties. The framework that governs the employer regulation has been strengthened over in the years in countries such the United Kingdom, United States of America and Denmark; it is often the prerogative of the employers to interpret the statute law. The trade unions are a powerful force ...

Many historians acknowledge the Declaration of Independence as the starting point of the American statehood and one of the most prominent democratic instruments of the United States. A large part of the Declaration takes account of all kinds of accusations against the parliament and the monarchy of England that brought tyranny to the land and undermined the economic interests of the colonists. The true value of the document lies in its social philosophy that “defined three inalienable rights (Ginsberg, et. al. 2014: 18)”: “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” (Declaration of Independence, US 1776, par. 2) The ...

Business Law

Business Law The subject of the essay is the rescission of the contract due to misrepresentation of Elvis Eggplant to induce Mr. Manfredi to buy the café from Happy Hippie Pty Ltd. The fraudulent scheme employed by Elvis led Mr. Manfredi to believe that the café was a profitable business to induce him to buy it.

Issue in the case:

The issue in this particular case is whether or not Mr. Manfredi can rescind the contract that was obtained by material false representation by Mr. Elvis Eggplant. Elvis misrepresented the past and future profitability of the vegetarian café by inflated at least 60 ...

The U.S. Medical Liability System: A Reflection Paper

The medical liability system of the United States is said to be in a state of crisis. Doctors are getting deterrence from proceeding with important medical procedures as well as practicing in some states due to threats of lawsuits against them. In relation to the determent of the doctors, the American medical liability system is said to have two principal objectives which are as follows: to compensate patients who are victims of medical malpractice and to deter the medical practitioners from doing their job negligently. The compensatory function of this medical liability ...

Article Review

Voice and Participation in the Modern Workplace: Challenges and Prospects by Purcell and Hall (2012) is an attempt to explore and analyze the emerging issue of the growing representation gap in the contemporary context of British employment market. The authors argue that trade unions remain a strong force in the British economy, especially in the public sector in some specific private sector industries. Only one fourth of the employed population, however, has access to the union representation, and there are little alternatives to these people to fix their conditions through this coverage. The point that the authors are making in their ...

Question 1.

In the history of voting and political representation in the world, women have received little consideration compared to their male counterparts. In most world economies including the east and the west, women did not have the right to vote until after 1920. Following the completion of the Second World War, there were only 3 percent of women representatives in parliaments all over the world. However, this figure increased to 8 percent between 1945 and 1965, and later to 12 and 15 percent in 1985 and 2002 respectively. Despite the different political systems, - democracies and authoritarians – women have been ...

Economic Situation of Immigrants in Canada

This paper talks about the migration of immigrants into Canada and the resultant labor environment for the immigrants. It brings together and reviews several recent studies conducted on the subject of immigrants into Canada and how they have fared in the labor market as compared to the native-born candidates. This paper shall argue that recent immigrants into the country face less prospects of getting gainful employment, and in the event that they obtain such employment, they are faced with low incomes that pose challenges for their survival. This paper will further argue that the economic impact caused by this ...

The Past

The Iliad 3, Helen and Priam have a view of the battlefield of the Trojan war from the walls of the city of troy. In this text, a representation of the past, present and future of troy is represented in the conversations and descriptions that are made. The past of Troy is indicated by the reference to the past heroes of the war, and the passage indicates on how they made sacrifices in the war. There is mention panthoos, Thymoites, Lampos, Klytios and hiketaon who is said to be a descendant (scion) of Ares. These individuals are said to be men ...

Labor Union

The reason why Union membership has not achieved 100% support and membership is opposition from employers and some section of the work populace. Each group gives its own reasons for not supporting the unions. Employers claim that Unions place restrictive sanctions and practices on employers regarding employment terms. Union security practices such as closed shop (pressure on employers to hire union members only), Union shop (forcing newly hired non-union members to join the union) Agency shop (non-members still pay union fee) and preferential shop (union members receive preferential treatment in hiring) raise accusations on unions for restricting employers ability ...

Juvenile Rights

Introduction

Increase in juvenile delinquency is perhaps the most equivocal factor that has generated varied interpretations across different societal contexts. As such, there is a need for a criminal justice system that deals with juveniles who are involved in different criminal offenses. Notably, juvenile laws provide certain rights to children accused of different criminal offenses. The inception of juvenile rights in the criminal justice system dates back to the year 1967 (Cole & Smith, 2009), when children were accorded certain rights, which were not accorded in the preceding years. On the other hand, the constitution(s) of different countries articulates on a ...

Right to Counsel

Development of Right to Counsel A person accused of a crime has a number of specific rights that are protected under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The rights attach only upon commencement of adversary judicial proceedings. One of these rights is the right to assistance of counsel for a defense in a criminal prosecution. At first, the Court limited the scope of the Sixth Amendment to indigent defendants in capital cases, and early cases dealt with effective assistance during the preparation and trial phases of the case (Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45, 71-72 (1932); Glasser v. United States, ...

Perhaps, feminist achievements are the most debated subjects in the contemporary society. Judging from the impacts of feminism ideologies in society, the whole idea of feminism is politics in itself. Although feminism represents a major transformation in representing gender equality in society, it has achieved minimal success in challenging male-dominated politics (Connell, 1997). This paper limits itself to the discussion of extend of feminism achieving its goals and all the underlying factors that impede the realization of such goals.

As opposed to the field of politics, feminism has registered phenomenal success in societal areas such as increased equalization among the ...

Qualitative credibility of insights of healing was assessed by directing the focus group interviews for the perfection of the designed set of questions. As said by Bryman and Bell (2009), the focus group method is a form of team meeting in which several members (involving interviewee) highlights and discuss the raised concerns on the specific subject that is under study. Specialist measures from the focus group discussions how participants respond to each other’s viewpoints and develop their own viewpoint in accordance with the communications that occur within a team. Literature analysis and diverse brainstorming meetings were organized that provided the ...

Abstract

I believe that the integration of digital technology in designs is very necessary and cannot be avoided. This is because of its extensive effects on architecture and its general ambiguity. This paper, I believe, will make it possible for individuals and institutions to analyze and decide appropriately on the use of digital prefabrication, as a new technology in the design systems. Although many opinions have been presented with different position statements, the immediacy of proactive consideration on the digital systems is of utmost importance. In this paper, I have explored the relationship between CAD and CAM, computer and production.

Introduction

Digital ...

Introduction

This examines how a photographer Todd walker (1917-1998) used to take photographs before the start of computers in digital world .It further examines how he started to apply computer in his photographic work so as to digitalize the images and other photographic work. This is examined across three decades opt the Todd walker’s work. The use of technology in digital photography is important as the photographs are visualize in three dimensional outlook .When we see Todd walker’s photograph can visualize what it means, how it was taken and the distance the photograph was taken.

The use of computers ...

Introduction

Realism is a unique philosophical belief that suggests that a person’s reality (which can be characterized by his perception of life, including the things a person has and the experiences he has encountered), or a certain aspect of such reality is dependent on subjective factors and is ontologically independent from standard conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs, perceptions, and other established system . Realism is generally the view that entities, which in this are humans, have an objective reality, a reality that is completely and ontologically independent of those entities’ conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs, and etc. Thus, entities including abstract concepts and universals as ...

The Bayesian method, also known as Bayesian method, is an inferential rule that is commonly used whenever an update is required within any probability estimate (Cohen et al. 12-57). The estimates are done on hypotheses whenever additional evidence is in the process of acquisition. This technique is majorly used in statistics and more especially mathematical statistics. In most of the cases involving the usage of Bayesian method requires, that it be derived through statistical methods. The derivation is usually automatic and ensures that the method well in combination with other competing methods that could have otherwise been used. This ...

Structural Differences

Both the Virginia and the New Jersey Plans advocated for a tripartite branch division of the federal government of the United States (US) – executive, legislative and judicial. However, the Virginia and the New Jersey Plans differed from one another in the foregoing aspect. The Virginia Plan, presenting a more powerful legislative branch, outlined a plan to appoint people in the executive and judicial branches through motions authorized by the legislature. The New Jersey Plan, on the other hand, suggested that the legislature arrange executive appointments and the executive branch select judicial appointments, particularly the Supreme Court justices. The proposed legislative structures ...

Chapter: The Whiteness of Black Disney Princesses – The Princess and the Frog as Acceptable White Ideal for African-Americans in Childrens’ Media When it comes to race, representation in Disney princess films is rare; until now, there are only a few non-white Disney princesses, and most of them are whitewashed and their cultural attributes hidden. Over the course of the Disney princess line, several trends can be seen about race and culture – minority cultures are often shown in negative ways. In most popular culture, the lack of representation of black characters is clear – while representation is increasing, “diverse and accurate ...

The text chosen is a sports page report of a soccer match between England and Germany played at Wembley Stadium in London on 22nd November 2014. Germany won by three goals to nil. The article gives the match report, the attendance and the development of the English women soccer team over the years. It also gives the opinions of several players, the coach and sports analysts about the result of the match between the two teams. The text is posted online at a bbc.com soccer website (Thompson, 2014). Soccer fans and the general public who have an interest in the development ...

The image called the adoration of Magi is a painting that was put forth by one talented and renowned painter named Sandro Botticelli, in the year of 1475. In the subsequent years, due it sentimental and cosmetic value, it has been housed in the Uffizi of Florence. Due to the prowess and the magnificence of the painter, he was commissioned to do seven more incarnations or versions of the Adoration of Magi. From the face value of the painting, one easily spots and sees the various and numerous characters that are present in the painting. For instance, all the members ...

Introduction

After coming to power through a coup in 1969, Muammar Gaddafi abolished the Libyan Constitution in the 1970s and introduced a self-acclaimed political philosophy based on the Green Book (Hilsum, 12). The Libyan parliament and the whole country, therefore, came under Gaddafi’s autocratic rule until his death in 2011 during the Libyan Civil War. The Libyan parliament was not democratic. The parliament was made up of 2,700 indirectly elected representatives of the Basic People’s Congress (BPC). At the national level, the equivalent of parliament was the General People’s Congress (GPC). The GPC was the people’s ...

Introduction

The Saint Sernin structure is of historic context in that it is of an ancient foundation. The structure this architect holds historic account of Saint Sernin, the Toulouse first bishop who was martyred in 250 C.E. The structure is also historic on the basis that it is one of the exhibits of the pilgrimage. Being the artistic work that exists as a representation of the various significant historic occurrences then it is historically important as it depicts the religious historic context of the people of Toulouse, France (Radding 8). The structure is historically document to have been constructed as ...

Every day, Americans are bombarded with information from both electronic and print media. Over the years, it has become increasingly difficult to differentiate the truth from what is untrue. The media has been known to exaggerate information, and in some cases even falsify it. The problem with most of the information we receive is that it does not come from primary sources. It is mediated, and this means that it is also subject to corruption. What we believe to be the case is never wholly so because every account, whether visual or verbal, is simply an interpretation of ...

Abstract

The article Garland-Thomson discusses the issue of disability and representation. Its focus is on representation in a social and cultural context. Thomson posits that representation refers to how the society in general regards matters to do with disability. She further argues that representation encompasses how people understand and conceptualize the whole issue of disability. Garland-Thompson notes that there has been a paradigm shift in the way America views disability. She notes that due to such legislation as the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, there has been increased participation and integration of persons with disability into realms that were previously thought ...

Introduction

Simone de Beauvoir in her book 'The Second Sex' has explained how society constitutes a 'woman' by curtailing her freedom from childhood. Women are assumed by the global society "as an already constituted and coherent group with identical interests and desires, regardless of class, ethnic or racial location, implies a notion of gender or sexual difference or even patriarchy which can be applied universally or cross-culturally" (Mohanty 1988). Some stereotypical attributes attached with the essence of women by the society are to a great degree influenced by the contemporary media representation. According to Gerbner, viewers who spend a considerable amount of time watching ...

Introduction

Mash-up commonly refers to a mix of images, sounds, being initially attributed to music industry, as an audio technique of putting together two songs, blending them by placing the vocal track of one song over the instrumental part of the other song (O’Brien & Fitzgerald 1). Sonvilla – Weiss (9) talks about a mash-up culture, which contains several identifiable elements such as “collage, montage, sampling or remix practices” from one or from multiple materials, in which pieces from these materials are mingled, combined and re-combined, altered, manipulated, copied, for creating a new item, while still maintaining perceptible elements from the original piece, while ...

Book Review - Representing Black Britain: Black and Asian Images on Television

Book Review - Representing Black Britain: Black and Asian Images on Television The experience gained by Sarita Malik in the course of her career makes her the ideal candidate to write a book dealing with this social issue. Being a scholar involved with both the professional and the academic sphere, Malik’s term at BBC provides the reader with essential insight into the decision-making process behind the scenes of one of the most significant media outlets in the world. Malik’s style of writing varies considerably from the large group of scholars who write objectively from a distance, fulfilling the ...

Why did Czechoslovakia dissolve peacefully while Yugoslavia did not? Structural concerns and cultural differences account for the differences in the disintegration processes of both nations. II. Czechoslovakia: A Two-State Federation The two-state format of Czechoslovakia made it inherently unstable due to disparities over representation. The centralized nature of the nation and mutual interests pertaining to economic reforms made the dissolution peaceful. III. Yugoslavia: A Harmonious Union Turned Hostile Different predecessor states friendly with one another made possible the formation of Yugoslavia. Political insensitivities brought by the Communist rule of President ...

The Guggenheim Museum, New York

Men have sculpted since the ancient of days to express their feelings and pass on specific messages to their societies. The sculpture The Little French Girl done by Constantine Brancusi in 1918 is one of the most celebrated works by this artist for its simplistic yet exquisite appeal1. The sculpture was first shown to the public in 1917and has gained international acclaim since then. It is a figurative sculpture made from one block of oak that has a conspicuous head showing a yelling child. The sculpture is an abstract and symbolic representation of Brancusi’s perception of human feelings of anguish.

The artist

Constantine ...

The media and reality shows portray women in different ways. Initially, women were portrayed as objects that could be easily manipulated by men. Women are usually degraded in terms of the representations or portrayal that they get from the media and reality shows. Most of the representations show that women are valued by their body and not the brain or talent that they may have. Some of the reality shows also do not encourage the young women to get a life and become better people in the society. Women portrayal in the media and reality shows has also been a subject ...