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"Picturing Japaneseness", 2007.
A review of Chapter 7 of Darrell William Davis' "Picturing Japaneseness: Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film".
1,009 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper looks at how in Chapter 7 of Darrell William Davis' "Picturing Japaneseness: Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film", Davis analyzes the film "The Abe Clan" (1938) in terms of its complex portrayal of ritual suicide.
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"The film can be read to show how historical appropriation can be used as a tool of propaganda of the state. The film is not primarily interesting for its accuracy in its depiction of feudal Japan. Rather, the potency of the film for viewers of the 1930s was its ability to move the audience believe in a myth, what Davis calls a canonized view of feudal Japanese ethics. The surface reading of the film is a romanticized, simplistic and beautiful vision that celebrates the virtues of the hierarchical family system and the worship of a daimyo that functions as a stand-in for the Japanese figure of the Emperor, for whom ordinary Japanese soldiers and civilians would later, in wartime propaganda, be encouraged to die for. "
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Women in Indian History, 2006.
A review of the portrayal of women in India's myths, legends and epics as strong and independent characters.
5,935 words (approx. 23.7 pages), 24 sources, MLA, $ 141.95
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This paper takes a look at the role that women have played in India and Indian history. According to the paper, recent studies that examined role portrayals of Indian women in magazine ads found that they are stereotypically portrayed as dependent upon men. The paper discusses how despite the stereotype that women in India were totally passive to their fate, there are many examples of women throughout India's history that present Indian women as strong and independent.
Outline:
Powerful Hindu Goddesses
Ganga and her Decent From Heaven
Durga's Victory over Mahisa
Kali- Victory over Raktabija
The Indian Epics
Mahabharata and Draupadi
The Vedic Period
Indian Women in Politics
Nur Jehan
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"Throughout Sita's speech in Book II, Chapter 27, we find an outspoken and independent Sita directly defying her husband's wishes as she insists on keeping her wifely vows, even though it will mean her banishment as well and possible death as well. She could have taken the choice offered by her husband and stayed with his brother in safety and out of harm's way. However, her insistence on keeping her vowels, even if it meant putting our life in danger, is an unparalleled act of bravery. She refuses to be seduced when held captive and eventually takes her own life after being continually rejected. This is not the act of a weak woman. The fact that she could speak so outright against are husband also shows her status as an equal rather than a subordinate. "
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Japan, 2006.
This paper discusses the people, economy, religion and government of Japan especially its democratic political structure.
1,880 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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This paper explains that, until the nation's defeat in WWII, residents of Japan lived under the absolute rule of an emperor as the head of the government with members of the royal monarchy in-charge of the various governmental and societal functions. The author points out that, after the nation's defeat in WWII, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur helped reorganize the governmental structure into a constitutional democracy with the emperor as a figurehead. The paper indicates that some Japanese traditions, such as keiretsu and guaranteed lifetime employment, are being eroded as Japan becomes more westernized. The paper includes many long quotations.
Table of Contents
Introduction
History
Becoming a Democracy
Comparing Japan to the USA
Conclusion
From the Paper
"One of the differences between Japan and the United States is the percentage of national budget that is dedicated to military defense operations. While the United States has a relatively high contribution of its national budget that goes to the military defense fund, Japan dedicates approximately one percent of its GPD to the same cause. Instead, it has focused its funding on advancing its technology knowledge which put it at the head of the pack for several decades in designing and selling products that are technology based. "
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Thailand's Currency Crisis, 2007.
This paper examines Thailand's currency crisis in light of its background, the reasons behind the crisis, and its immediate effect and aftermath.
3,091 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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This paper looks at the currency crisis in Thailand, which started in the summer of 1997 and rapidly engulfed a number of East Asian "Tiger economies" in a major financial crisis. This crisis became a an interesting case study for economists who were interested in analyzing the pros and cons of globalization and laissez faire market economies. The author further examines the effects of the East Asian currency crisis, on Thailand itself, which underwent a painful re-adjustment of its economy.
Outline:
Background
The Danger Signals
Foreign Exchange Reserves
Current Accounts Deficit
Excessive Credit Expansion
Why Did the Growth Slow Down?
The Housing and Real Estate Bubble
The Stock Market Bubble
The Crisis
The Aftermath of the Crisis for Thailand
Conclusion
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"The country took a number of measures to attract foreign capital during the 1980 and early 1990s. These included lifting of restrictions on foreign investments, elimination of most barriers on foreign ownership of export oriented industries, granting of tax incentives to foreign mutual funds and investments in the stock market, creation of closed-end mutual funds, and reduction of taxes on dividends remitted abroad (Antczak 40-41). These measures along with a pegged exchange rate policy (i.e., the Thai currency baht was pegged to the dollar and its value rose and fell with dollar's value), and the large differential in interest rates provided comfort to foreign investors who came to Thailand in droves. "
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China's Economy, 2007.
This paper is a literature review of the development of the economy of China.
3,950 words (approx. 15.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 107.95
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This paper explains that Chiang Kai-Shek believed that the imperialism and colonialism of the "Unequal Treaties" with Britain, Japan, the U.S. and Russia were a major reason for China's inability to develop any kind of an economy during the early part of the 20th Century. The author points out that, since the 1980s, China has been encouraging foreign investment by using "special economic zones" for foreign business, joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) and opening foreign competition with Chinese manufacturers especially in the retail petroleum sector. The paper concludes that the RAND Corporation's study of China's economy stresses that a major risk to the continued rapid growth of China's economy is the fragility of its financial system and state-owned businesses.
Table of Contents
Review of China's Recent Economic Past
Chiang Kai-Shek
Introduction to Today's China and the Chinese Economy
Sectors of the Chinese Economy That Are Expected to Grow in the Future
Manufacturing
Manufacturing (Electronics)
Manufacturing (Automobiles)
Energy (Oil)
Future Forecast for China's Petroleum Industry
Future Forecast for China Petroleum Development
Energy (Natural Gas)
Proposed Pipeline
Energy (Coal)
Future Forecast
Energy (Electricity)
Environmental Price in the Energy Sector
Clean-Up China's air pollution,
Financial (Foreign Transactions in China)
Financial (Banking)
Challenges Facing the Chinese Economic Outlook
Fragility of the Financial System and State-Owned Businesses
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"China is the world's most populous nation and the "second largest energy consumer" in the world, right after the United States, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the U.S. Department of Energy. China's dominant fuel at the present time is coal; China produces more coal - and consumes more coal - than any country on the planet. China also has recently passed Japan as the second-biggest consumer of petroleum, and China is a huge player in oil markets."
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Korean Funerals, 2006.
This paper describes Korean funeral rites, which reflect the tremendous importance of the family.
880 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper explains that Confucian funeral tradition in Korea is complex and requires many stages as well as the participation of several degrees of the extended family. The author points out that the deceased, who becomes an ancestor-god at the moment of death, is honored for the next several years with several 'chesa' ceremonies or family ceremonies used to honor ancestor-gods. The paper relates that, often today, Koreans live in large cities where a truck is used to transport the body instead of a hand-carried platform or bier accompanied by chanting bearers.
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"Burial usually takes place on the third day. The family mourners dress in special tan clothes made of hemp. The oldest son is the chief mourner, and he demonstrates his grief openly, crying out. Other family members join in the open displays of grief. Friends of the family express their sympathies and offer money to help pay for the funeral. They join the family for meals and to help make all the funeral arrangements. So, while the family has great responsibilities toward the new ancestral god, the funeral is a community affair."
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Acupuncture, 2007.
An examination of the target groups and benefits of acupuncture.
1,335 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper examines the practice of acupuncture. It analyzes the history of the practice, dating it back to 1000 B.C.E. and follows its development up until today. The paper then explores the target group for acupuncture and discusses some of the evidence supporting its success in treatment. The paper ends with recommendations for people suffering from pain, as well as certain disorders of the nervous system, who have not found relief from traditional medicine.
Table of Contents:
Historical Background
Target Group and Provider of Acupuncture
Acknowledgement of Research Activities
Acupuncture and the Audience
The Best Source
Financial Aspects of Acupuncture
Recommendations
From the Paper
"Despite all of this information, acupuncture is still considered as a "pseudo-science" by many contemporary Western doctors and physicians, yet many people who have undergone acupuncture treatment have reported remarkable recoveries. For the general audience, being those who receive acupuncture, current information supports the idea that acupuncture "relieves many types of chronic pain, the nausea associated with chemotherapy, and alters the functions of the immune system for the better" ("Acupuncture Illustrated," 1994, 56). As to the nursing profession, since acupuncture is not considered as a viable means of treatment by many doctors, most nurses would probably be very reluctant to attempt acupuncture on a patient, yet according to I.L Bonta, many nurses, out of curiosity and the encouragement of their friends and relatives who have undergone acupuncture, "tend to be far more open than the medical authorities when it comes to taking a course in acupuncture from a certified acupuncturist" (2002, 223). Thus, nurses could most probably assist their patients much better if they were to take to heart the information available on acupuncture and use it to their patient's advantage."
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Acupuncture, 2007.
An examination of the target groups and benefits of acupuncture.
1,335 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper examines the practice of acupuncture. It analyzes the history of the practice, dating it back to 1000 B.C.E. and follows its development up until today. The paper then discusses who the target group is for acupuncture and discusses some of the evidence supporting its success in treatment. The paper ends with recommendations for people suffering from pain, as well as certain disorders of the nervous system, who have not found relief from traditional medicine.
Table of Contents:
Historical Background
Target Group and Provider of Acupuncture
Acknowledgement of Research Activities
Acupuncture and the Audience
The Best Source
Financial Aspects of Acupuncture
Recommendations
From the Paper
"Despite all of this information, acupuncture is still considered as a "pseudo-science" by many contemporary Western doctors and physicians, yet many people who have undergone acupuncture treatment have reported remarkable recoveries. For the general audience, being those who receive acupuncture, current information supports the idea that acupuncture "relieves many types of chronic pain, the nausea associated with chemotherapy, and alters the functions of the immune system for the better" ("Acupuncture Illustrated," 1994, 56). As to the nursing profession, since acupuncture is not considered as a viable means of treatment by many doctors, most nurses would probably be very reluctant to attempt acupuncture on a patient, yet according to I.L Bonta, many nurses, out of curiosity and the encouragement of their friends and relatives who have undergone acupuncture, "tend to be far more open than the medical authorities when it comes to taking a course in acupuncture from a certified acupuncturist" (2002, 223). Thus, nurses could most probably assist their patients much better if they were to take to heart the information available on acupuncture and use it to their patient's advantage."
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Religion and Myth, 2007.
A discussion on myths, legends and folk tales in Eastern religions.
3,047 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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The paper examines how myths, legends, and folk tales have been a main force in nearly all religious doctrines throughout history, including those of Eastern religions such as Sikhism, Buddhism, Shinto, and others. The paper discusses how these stories, often passed down through the generations, both verbally and in written doctrines, serve to help practitioners cope with the complex world in which they live. This paper focuses on how these types of stories affect the lives of followers, and how those followers use the lessons within these myths to teach others about their values and religious practices.
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"Hindu myths also teach the values of society, which allow the followers to understand how and why their teachings operate within their world. For example, the myth of Mrigari, a non-violent hero, focuses on the relationship between non-violent actions and concepts of Hinduism such as reincarnation and positive karma. In Hindu societies, actions are to be viewed through consciousness, rather than through the physical world (Narayan, 1989). By combining the myth of Mrigari, who is changed in life through his spiritual teacher, with the concepts of the myth, such as the transformation from a violent individual to that of an extreme peacekeeper, the myth serves to explain how non-violent actions can lead the follower of Hinduism to compassion and empathy."
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"M. Butterfly", 2007.
A discussion on the exotic, feminine Orient in the Western imagination, as depicted in David Henry Hwang's drama "M. Butterfly".
1,228 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The paper discusses how "M. Butterfly" is a play about the power of stereotypes to do harm, both to the person and the culture they are inflicted against, and also against the people who hold such stereotypes. The paper describes how, at the end of the play, Gallimard is destroyed because he realizes his life was based upon a lie, just as China was harmed by the lies and exploitation of Western colonialism. The paper examines how the conflict of gender, national, and identity issues are dramatically depicted in David Hwang's "M. Butterfly," when the French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with a feminine image of the East, in the persona of the actress Song Liling.
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"Gallimard has a psychological as well as a national and gender based need to see Song as feminine. Thus, the gender disguises of the play do not merely invert stereotypes of male and female, Asian and West. They also destroy the security of Gallimard's own identity as a strong, male Westerner with power. Song Liling is not only a man. Song uses Gallimard's own cultural stereotypes to exploit the Frenchman. Gallimard begins the play thinking he is the Western, White man taking advantage of the virginal 'Oriental' maiden. But like the opera's "Madam Butterfly," Gallimard ends the play abandoned, disgraced, cut off from his countrymen and finally suicidal. Thus Gallimard's own secure identity as a powerful man has been so undercut, he cannot live with himself, because he no longer knows who he is as a person."
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India's Infrastructure, 2007.
This paper examines India's infrastructure to determine the possibility of introducing the Stanley Hand Tools company.
1,498 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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The paper analyzes the infrastructure, both socially and economically, in India and the challenges and potentials that exist in the marketplace. The paper determines that while the Stanley Group may experience some immediate barriers to marketplace entry, the possibilities for entering the marketplace at this time, while the hand tool market is still fragmented and gaining a foothold in the industry, should pay off well for the Stanley Hand Tools company in the future. The paper explains that India is a country that is growing at an amazing rate in terms of both population growth, infrastructure growth and accompanying GDP growth.
Outline:
Objective
Introduction
Importance of Understanding Infrastructure
Stanley Hand Tools-Market Entry and Market Expansion
Risk Factors For Stanley in the Marketplace
Market Expansion
Summary and Conclusion
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"The public and private works make the provision of roads, dam and canal works including irrigation and drainage provisions. Just as important is the transportation sector within a country which is inclusive of the railway system both in the cities and in the rural areas, interurban railways, ports and waterways and airports and other forms of transportation. Finally, the financial and banking services sector direct capital spending in the best direction. There is no way for expansion to take place in a country until a good base of infrastructure is in existence and this must be accompanied by economic growth which provides support for growth of the infrastructure and further development within the country."
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The Devaluation of the Dollar, 2007.
A discussion on the the devaluation of the American dollar and its impact on India.
1,548 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The paper discusses how the United States dollar has declined in value in the global economy. The paper examines how this devaluation has caused, and may continue to cause, problems in multiple nations around the world whose economy, at least partially, depends upon the value of United States currency. This paper explores the drop in value of the U.S. dollar, and examines the effects of such a drop on a particular country of interest, that of India. The paper concludes that, for India, the outsourced IT sector and many export industries, such as steel, software, and other goods and services industries, are and will continue to be harmed by the weakened dollar.
From the Paper
"In addition to simple increases in prices for offshore U.S. companies, many of the IT service contracts and other offshore contracts are being redesigned, in an effort to share the burden of a devalued dollar between the U.S. holding company and the outsourced Indian corporation. By raising prices, but locking in those prices for specific time frames, or by giving a low introductory rate for outsourcing, while including formulas for gradual increases, these outsourcing firms can effectively balance the need for U.S. business with the growing concern over the weak dollar (Thibodeau and Hoffman, 2004)."
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Korean Health Care, 2007.
An overview of Korean healthcare, demographics and nursing.
799 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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The paper discusses how healthcare issues facing Korean nurses are much the same as those facing nurses in the U.S., including addressing the needs of an aging population. The paper analyzes how both Korean and American officials are working on designing more quality-focused, community-based, cost-effective health care programs. The paper examines how nursing preparation in Korea concentrates on improving quality care and preparing nurses to deal with an increasingly technology based environment, much as is the case in the U.S.
Outline:
Overview
Nursing in US Vs. Korea
Insights Overview
References
From the Paper
"The role of nursing care staff within Korea is much the same as that in the U.S. with nursing programs dedicated toward addressing the continuing health care needs of a society that is consistently changing and growing. More and more nursing programs are preparing nurses for roles including caring for an elderly population; important components of nursing care programs in Korea include critical thinking, moral and ethical virtues instruction, theoretical excellence training, creativity and application of tools in the healthcare environment (Korea University, 2006). "
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Film: "Rhapsody in August", 2006.
This paper analyzes Akira Kurosawa's film "Rhapsody in August", which focuses on three generations of Japanese and Japanese-Americans and how the bombings of Nagasaki affected their lives.
1,395 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper explains that Akira Kurosawa's film "Rhapsody in August" is set 40 years after Nagasaki was bombed and the main character is Kane, a grandmother who lost her husband in the bombing. The author points out that the film shows how the people of more recent generations, the grandchildren, tend to forget the real effects of the bombing because it has no personal significance to them. The paper stresses that Akira Kurosawa's message is that the human toll of war can last for a lifetime without ever being resolved.
From the Paper
"Another related issue raised in the film is the complicated relations that continue between the nations involved in war. The film shows that in theory, the war has ended and there are positive relations between America and Japan. However, there are some ongoing issues affecting people that are not as easy to manage. This is seen by the grandmother who has to struggle between accepting America and its positive relations with Japan and hating America for the actions it took that killed her husband. This is seen by the Hawaiian cousins who become upset when the grandchildren mention Nagasaki."
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Legacy of Chingis Khan, 2007.
This paper describes the political, cultural and linguistic impact of the Mongol leader, Chingis Khan.
1,227 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper explores the role of Chingis Khan in shaping Central Asia. Also cited is his role in destroying the ancient cultures, ethnic and linguistic groups of the region. The paper further describes Chingis Khan's conquests and how they resulted in the fusion of many Eastern and Western elements. Nevertheless, the dream of an empire, combined with an ability to hold together or reproduce that empire, created the modern situation of fragmentation and warfare. The modern states of Central Asia still live with, and struggle with, the legacy of Chingis Khan.
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"In his day, Chingis Khan was the scourge of God. His hordes toppled empires and destroyed civilizations. Yet the great Mongol leader also laid the groundwork for much of modern Central Asia. The Mongol Conqueror set in motion the processes that led to the establishment of today's ethnic groups, and to the creation of the Region's contemporary linguistic picture. New peoples and languages replaced old peoples and languages, or mixed with them to produce today's nationalities. The descendants of Chingis Khan forged a new political landscape. New states were born. Many of their leaders would claim descent from their famous - or notorious - ancestor. Religion, too, was affected as Islam replaced many of the faiths that had formerly dominated the vast area of mountain, steppe, and desert. A bridge was formed between Middle East and Far East and the stage was set for today's promises and problems. "
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