Abstract In "Dislocating Cultures", Uma Narayan discusses the critique that exists in terms of "the colonialist stance" in feminist inquiry. She argues that one does not have to be a colonizer, nor a Western feminist, to perpetrate "the colonialist stance." It is a question, instead, of an approach that "replicates problematic aspects of Western representations of Third World nations and communities, aspects that have their roots in the history of colonization." In other words, Third World women who think that they are denouncing and repudiating "Westernization" are often actually perpetuating the colonization of themselves, as well as of all other women in their society.
Abstract This essay deals with the deep-rooted sense of loss that the main characters find themselves which results from the displacement of the characters from their homelands and which works itself out in violence. The paper connects the characters to Morrison's own childhood in the 1930s. The paper then explores the setting of the novel in relation to the dislocation of blacks using historical knowledge of the decline of the Harlem Renaissance during the Great Depression. The paper examines Morrison's writing style in relation to the novel's title, and compares "Jazz" to Morrison's previous novel, "Beloved."
From the Paper "The black Americans of the years of the Great Depression believed that they were moving out of the South voluntarily, and of course in many ways they were. But the forces that made them want to leave (racism, segregation, poverty, lack of opportunity for jobs or education) were beyond their control, and so the idea that they went north entirely out of their own free will is an illusory one. They were pushed out of the South, even if many did not feel the shove. And because they believed that they went willingly, they did not see the price that they would have to pay in leaving their homeland behind. Even as many blacks in the 1920s and 1930s felt deeply alienated from the South, the truth was that it had been their home for generations. Casting off a home leaves scars. Immigrants may well believe that the place that they end up in is a better one than the place that they left behind, but they will never be entirely whole again once they become displaced people. Much of the psychological motivations in Jazz relate to the state of exile (even if voluntary, even if in many ways exhilarating) in which these characters find themselves."
Abstract This paper explains that, although many patients first turn to pain-reducing medications, the patients soon find that they are either eventually ineffective or that the risks associated with their continued use outweigh their benefits; thereby, a total hip replacement is indicated. The author points out that, although in previous years the actual hip replacement procedure was quite invasive, leaving a long scar from above the hip to mid thigh, today, new instrumentation and techniques are less invasive, completing the entire procedure through a single three to four-inch incision, resulting in faster recovery times. The paper reveals that, of all the complications possible during or following surgery, many patients are surprised to learn that the newly transplanted joint is more prone to dislocation than a normal joint; therefore, the patient is instructed to avoid sitting "low" or crossing his or her legs for some time following the procedure.
Table of Contents
Introduction?Overview of Total Hip Replacement
Preoperative Care
Recommended Procedures
Necessary Pre-Op Arrangements
Instrumentation
Old Method
New Minimally Invasive Method
Basic Procedure
Postoperative Care
Sedation
In the Hospital
Discharge
Possible Complications
Conclusion
From the Paper "The actual process leading to degenerative hip disease can be attributed to many factors. Foremost among these possible factors is osteoarthritis, or ?wear and tear arthritis,? meaning, much like a part in a car, the hip joint basically wears out. Further, although there does seem to be a strong genetic component involved in one's propensity to develop osteoarthritis, it can still occur in virtually anyone. In addition, vascular problems can also lead to the degeneration of the hip, causing the femoral head, or the "ball" of the hip to die from a lack of blood. Eventually, the dead femoral head collapses, leading to the degeneration of the joint. The risk factors leading to this condition include patient histories of alcoholism, cortisone treatment, as well as injury of the hip from falls or other accidents. Finally, anatomic abnormalities can also lead to hip degeneration. These abnormalities can also be a result of an injury, or even a deformity existing from birth."
Abstract This paper explains that both excerpts from C.S. Giscombe's "Into and Out of Dislocation" and Peter Hudson's "Natural Histories of Southwestern British Columbia" discuss black history in British Columbia. The author points out that the two writers' styles are utterly different. The paper relates that Giscombe simultaneously relates the history of his travels in British Columbia and the history of John Robert Giscome, a man who was possibly one of Giscombe's ancestors.
From the Paper "On the face of it, the excerpts from C.S. Giscombe's Into and Out of Dislocation and Peter Hudson's Natural Histories of Southwestern British Columbia seem to have little in common. Certainly, the two authors' styles are utterly different. However, closer analysis reveals many similarities between the two excerpts. The first and most obvious similarity is that both men have as their subject matter history - specifically, black history in British Columbia. Giscombe simultaneously relates the history of his travels in British Columbia and the history of John Robert Giscome, a man who was possibly one of Giscombe's ancestors."
Abstract The paper examines how Vered Amit-Talai's article "The Waltz of Sociability: Intimacy, Dislocation and Friendship in a Quebec High School" takes an innovative look at adolescent friendships. The paper describes how Amit-Talai successfully takes issue with many of the commonly touted assumptions held by anthropologists as to the nature of friendship. The paper is of the opinion that this is a well-researched and thought-provoking article, which deconstructs some widely held beliefs and points the way towards further research.
From the Paper "Amit-Talai prefaces her discussion of her observations of these students by telling the reader what her aims are. She wants to deconstruct the perception that adolescence and friendship are tautologous, by examining four features that are commonly assumed to be part of friendship. These are that "true friendships are private, free-floating relationships;" that adolescents have plenty of time on their hands for friendship; that friendship in adolescence has a particularly intimate nature; and that adolescent friendships are "necessarily transient as a function of life cycle changes" (Amit-Talai 236)."
Tags: transience, time, disjunction, compression, relationships
Abstract The paper examines the thin population and great wealth of natural resources, and how the Circumpolar North faces the 21st century with growing social and economic dislocations and increasing scientific concern with anthropogenic stresses on the environment and resources. The paper highlights that as a consequence, an emerging complexity of forestry issues are emanating from the threat of cultural dislocation and powerful socio-economic pressures impacting on local communities and regional and national groupings.
Introduction
Background
An Overview of Forestry Issues
Forestry and Social Issues in the International Context
Sustainable Development and Self-Determination
Health Issues-General Overview
Indigenous Health Issues
Education as a Social Issue
Conclusion-The Impacts of Change
Challenges Facing Arctic Communities
From the Paper "Resource depletion in most of the fishing areas and in some of the reindeer herding districts in the Arctic has had a negative effect on local development. In addition, liberalization of national economies has led to the commercialization of herding and fishing rights, sometimes blocking access for local people. On the other hand, regulations aimed at securing access to resources for indigenous peoples have led to conflicts with non-indigenous community inhabitants. There are also conflicts between full-time and leisure-time users of the same resources."
Abstract The paper discusses the effects on the local African people as a result of French colonialism of Upper Africa at the end of the nineteenth century. Some of the issues covered in the paper are the economic exploitation of the population resulting in dislocation or death, the destruction of the traditional social structure and lack of education. The paper discusses how the impact of colonialism is still felt today.
From the Paper "Today, educated Africans struggle to find their place in a world of high technology and mass communications. They blame the colonial legacy for the failure of state after state, the backwardness of their economies, and the low levels of education, health, and welfare. Yet it was the colonial experience that brought them the very tools with which they question and criticize. Innovation and the hope for material improvement are as much products of the colonial era as the disintegration of traditional society. This pattern has been repeated in every industrializing society across the planet, and the African must struggle through it as well. (Obadina) Success will come through change and adaptation, and only then will the modern day African be reconciled with the horrors of the past."
Abstract The Iranian revolution of 1979 had its roots in long-standing dissatisfaction with the ruling Persian royal house, economic dislocation, rapid cultural and historical change, the regional position that the country held and its relationship with the West.
From the Paper The Iranian revolution of 1979 had its roots in long-standing dissatisfaction with the ruling Persian royal house, economic dislocation, rapid cultural and historical change, the regional position that the country held and its relationship with the West. This paper examines the historical background of that war, examining how it came about and discussing what its consequences have been so far for the country and people of Iran.
Any event as dramatic as that of the Iranian revolution has deep roots, and whatever point in history one selects as the moment when the revolution became inevitable must be both arguable and artificial. But the underlying reasons for the revolution must be laid at least in large measure on the actions of Reza Shah, the father of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the shah who ..."
This paper discusses medicine in Egypt: Early history, surgery, remedies, charms, examination of methods of healing wounds, fractures and dislocations.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, 1974, $ 55.95
From the Paper "In the tomb of Sekhet'enanch, chief physician to the Pharaoh Sahura of the 5th Dynasty, there is the inscription describing the physician healing the king's nostrils, for which his majesty wished him "a long life in holiness."
Then the chief physician spoke before the Pharaoh: "May it please thy soul beloved of Ra, that there be given me a limestone slab like a door for this my tomb in the Westland." Then the king commanded, and they brought unto him two stone slabs like a double door from the quarry Ro'an, and they were set up in the court of his palace Chaurert-Sahura. The chief taskmaster made the temple masons inscribe them as for the king himself. The Court visited them daily. His Majesty ordered the inscription to be done over with ... "
Examination of the slave trading era from the African perspective. Discusses how slave trade was the principle export of of sub-Saharan Africa. Also discussed are possible consequences such as depopulation and a depressed economy.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, 1990, $ 39.95
From the Paper "PATTERNS OF DISLOCATION
The Slave Trade Within Africa
The slave trade of the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries is known, in popular imagination, primarily for those parts of it in which Europeans or people of European descent participated directly. We can draw on vivid images of slave ships making the Middle Passage, or of slaves being sold on the block or working in the fields in the New World. But, though the kidnapping of Kunte Kinte figured in Roots, the African end of the slave trade is far less familiar.
Yet the slave trade was the principal export trade of sub-Saharan Africa through much of the slave-trading era. By the same token, the trade goods which European slavers brought in.."
Abstract This study determines how electronic commerce is likely to change business models. It also looks at the character of the effects that e-commerce has on economic growth. The thesis of this study is as follows: The growth of e-commerce will change substantially the business model by directly linking product providers and product consumers. Further, the growth of e-commerce will have overall positive effects on economic growth, although some economic dislocations will occur.
From the Paper "Especially important with respect to the development of the Internet and the WWW is placing this development within the context of the broader history of the development on information technology (IT). Viewing the development of the Internet as a progression in the development of an information system that began with the linking of North America and Europe with the Atlantic cable in 1858 placed the development of the Internet in a perspective that enables one to speculate on future developments in information systems technology that will render the Internet as obsolete at some future time as the Atlantic cable is obsolete in 1999."
Abstract This research provides a lesson plan on how to teach upper-level undergraduate students methods to diagnose problems within an organization. The research is structured to fill a four hour class and includes elements that are meant to help management students develop a strategy for evaluating organizational dislocations and forecasting optimal methods of resolving problems that they have created. The paper includes additional resources to assist in the class.
From the Paper "The idea behind such surveys initially was to spot worker-related gaps in productivity and global competitiveness, but it was determined early on that influencing people productivity implied a need for more management attention to the effect of organization policy, praxis, and priorities on the working expreience of employees (Resnick and Brown 10-11, et passim). As of the late 1990s, the idea is to take the professional and personal pulse of the work force "culture" as an aspect of Total Quality Management and adding value to operations, with a view toward defusing potentially damaging problems of organizational dynamics (Zeitz, et al., 414ff)."
Abstract John Steinbeck is a model example of the modern American nostalgia for the primitive. His rural heroes, illiterate and often weak-minded, are nevertheless essentially noble; they are poeticized rustics. His region is the Salinas Valley in Central California and the nearby Monterey coast. Here live his poetic Mexicans, his sentimental cannery workers, his eccentric and colorful fisherman; here his rural tragedies unfold in the atmosphere of the naturalistic novel mixed with that of the Greek pastoral. Steinbeck admires the foreign elements in the American population; and like most regionalists he believes the elemental life of the country infinitely superior to that of the city (Astro, 199). When Steinbeck's characters are established securely on the land they are hard-working and good-hearted, if somewhat inclined to drink and argumentation. When their agricultural activities are dislocated -- when the Joads are driven from Oklahoma, or when a seductive woman intrudes her way into the agrarian dream of Lennie and George in "Of Mice and Men" -- tragedy and misfortune result.
Abstract "Language and Masculinity" and "Dislocating Masculinity" are examined for their potential usefulness to feminist studies of language and culture, especially in the light of studies of masculinity which may seem to be non-feminist but which promise new questions for the study of language and gender. It is necessary to separate this research, for a time, from more theoretical or ideological concerns for gender that have become rather automatic.
Abstract Discusses the attempt by ethnic Hutu to exterminate Rwanda's ethnic Tutsi population. The resulting slaughter of half a million people, destruction of the country's infrastructure, and population dislocation are examined.
From the Paper " In early April of 1994, groups of ethnic Hutu, armed mostly with machetes, began a campaign of terror that embroiled the Central African country of Rwanda. For about 100 days, the Hutu militias ..."
