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Pakistani Weddings, 2001.
A look at the rites and rituals in Pakistani as opposed to Christian weddings.
1,365 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper explains the difference between a Christian wedding and a Pakistani wedding, both in production and in approach. The paper describes the different rituals and customs that take place before and during the wedding, defining key terms and comparing the traditional symbolism of the institution of marriage.
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"Pakistani Weddings are an elaborate affair that starts weeks before the actual date. Many traditional customs have to be completed and these customs involve the whole family . Grandmothers, uncles, aunts, parents and a hoard of other relatives take part in the wedding from both sides and it is considered an insult if anyone is forgotten. Weddings are a time when past disputes are forgotten and new ones are made! They are a time of happiness and a time when people?s nerves stretched to the extreme. The difference between a Catholic wedding and a Pakistani wedding is not only in its presentation but also in its whole way of thinking. The Catholic wedding is the decision of the bride and groom-essentially and the family helping. In the Pakistani wedding the bride and groom become the onlookers while the family takes all the decisions. While the Catholic wedding is relatively simple the Pakistani wedding is an all out affair that is exotic in presentation."
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Pakistani-Americans, 2002.
This paper presents an extensive discussion of Muslims in America, Pakistani social history and finally Pakistani-Americans, especially wedding customs.
4,635 words (approx. 18.5 pages), 17 sources, APA, $ 119.95
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This paper discusses that the Pakistani-American community began as a strictly Muslim and strictly Pakistani enclave of immigrants who tried to maintain their traditional customs to the highest degree possible, but as time goes by their social customs are modified by the American culture. The author points out that the Pakistani practice of keeping males and females completely segregated has worked against preserving intra-community marriage because young people have to make friends with others in the community, since they are kept away from people their own age in their own community.
Table of Content
Introduction
Immigration
Cultural Background
Kinship
Marriage Customs
A Changing Community
The Traditional Wedding
Conclusion
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"Purdah is practiced in different ways, depending on family tradition, region, class and rural or urban residence. However, there is nowhere that unrelated men and women mix freely. The most extreme restraints are found in parts of the North West Frontier Province and Balochistan. In those locales, women almost never leave their homes except when they marry and almost never meet unrelated men. They may not be allowed contact even with male cousins on their mother's side--in a patrilinear society; these men are not classed as relatives. At the same time, women have only very formal relations with those men they are allowed to meet, which might include the father in law, paternal uncles, and brothers in law. Interestingly, poor rural women have greater mobility because they are expected to work and are responsible for transplanting rice seedlings, weeding crops, raising chickens, selling eggs and stuffing wool or cotton into comforters (razais). Women are more circumscribed once the family becomes more prosperous and begins to aspire to higher status, for then it is common to require stricter purdah among women as a first social change."
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Philippine Weddings, 2005.
This paper discusses Philippine wedding ceremonies.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper explains that Philippine wedding ceremonies incorporate some Western traditions but the Filipinos feel strongly about their heritage and therefore incorporate much of their traditions into their wedding ceremonies and receptions. It expands on the focus of the Philippine wedding ceremony, which is too unite two souls as one using traditional, sacred acts. It also explores the purpose of the reception which is to use traditional culture and meld it into joyous celebratory behavior, such as dancing, to commemorate the joined life of the newlyweds.
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"Asian countries are known for their exceptionally beautiful, traditional, and culturally significant wedding celebrations. In the modern world many of the traditional customs of "Philippine Weddings" and receptions still hold significant weight, though some of these traditions have been adjusted over time. Traditionally, a Philippine groom would signal his engagement to his beloved by throwing a spear at her door-step, indicating to others that she was spoken for. Today, the typical wedding icon of the engagement ring has replaced this custom. When the couple has decided to marry, it is tradition for the groom and his parents to visit the bride's family and ask permission for the marriage, known as pamanhikan ("Weddings At Work"). At this time, wedding plans are drawn up, and the suitor often offers his services to the bride's family to gain their approval, known as paninilbihan ("Weddings At Work")."
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"The Whitsun Weddings", 2003.
Discusses this modern poem by Philip Larkin.
1,146 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 39.95
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This paper explores how Philip Larkin presents events and people in his poem, "The Whitsun Weddings". The paper notes Larkin's skillful command of language, form and structure and provides a stanza-by-stanza analysis of the poem.
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"?The Whitsun Weddings? is one of the best-known poems written in England since 1945; Larkin?s poem shows a careful development of feeling and attitude as the language gradually shifts from specific observation to general reflection. The first stanza of the poem sets the scene; Larkin?s description of the surroundings accurately captures the speaker?s registration of fleeting detail as the train speeds through the landscape. The moos is relaxed, calm ? the poem?s rhythm slows at ?the river?s level drifting breadth? to catch the sensation of tranquillity. At the beginning of the poem, the poet?s senses are engaged but not wholly absorbed in his surroundings; he is isolated from the world outside. However, the language expresses the mood accurately; the physical sensation ?the tall heat that slept for miles inland? conveys the claustrophobic stillness and numbing drowsiness of a hot summers day."
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Wedding Photography, 2004.
An analysis of the changing trends of wedding photography.
5,457 words (approx. 21.8 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 133.95
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While marriage seems to be exceptionally popular, it is surprising that the primary means of documentation - namely, wedding photography - has received little formal study. To the author's knowledge, no studies exist that indicate the percentage of couples that hire wedding photographers - or in the days before photography, portrait artists. This paper addresses the inception of wedding photography, describes its development and provides a description of recent industry changes including the changes due to digital technology and how other developments have altered the industry.
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Introduction
Inception of Wedding Photography
Traditional Style
Wedding Photojournalism
Black and White Photography
The Artistic Style
Fashion Style
The 35mm Camera Versus the Hasselblad
Digital Photography and the Internet Revolution
The Wedding Album
Conclusion
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"Throughout history, the cultural and sacred traditions of marriage have been honored and recorded by most cultures, regardless of religious, political, or geographic differences. It is a relationship that plays an important role in the definition of what a family truly is. Although precise definitions may vary depending on historical era and culture, the concept of marriage typically is a socially sanctioned bond between two people, a bond that unites two people into one ("Marriage", 2004). Given that marriage is universally considered the foundation of family and society, it is not surprising that the documentation of the marriage ceremony and associated celebrations has become an important part of the ritual."
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Wedding Ring, 2005.
This paper discusses that the meaning of the wedding ring.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper explains that the wedding ring is one of the most powerful representations of shared meaning in society. The author points out that the cultural discourse surrounding the ring has a long history going back to the ancient Egyptians. The paper relates that, recently, the wedding ring has taken on an entirely new meaning with the legalization of gay and lesbian marriage.
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"It is small, weighs almost nothing, and is easily misplaced, but the wedding ring carries enormous social weight. The wedding ring is one of the most powerful symbols in our society. Its meaning is instantly recognized, which illustrates that "culture is about shared meanings" (Hall, 1997, p. 161). It signifies that the person who wears it is not available to other people, and that he or she is committed to a particular person. The wedding ring at one time meant the person is heterosexual. Recently, the wedding ring took on an entirely new meaning with the legalization of gay and lesbian marriage."
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Wedding Plans, 2002.
How to plan a budget for a wedding.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the important aspects of a wedding plan and budget. A wedding plan should be prepared well ahead of the special day and it should include every important detail such as the cost, guest list and location. If a couple is on a budget, it is important to decide on the expenses and how the cost would be divided between the bride and the groom.
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?Blood Wedding?, 2004.
A review of the play, ?Blood Wedding?, by F.G. Lorca.
706 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper examines Lorca?s "Blood Wedding", a play that appears, at first, to be based on a fairly straightforward plot of two lovers who defy all social and moral codes of honor by allowing their passion to get the better of them. It looks at how Lorca obviously had quite a different message in mind, given his rather sudden introduction of surreal elements in the last act, and how the symbolism inherent in the young woodcutter as the moon and the Beggar Woman as Death reveals that Lorca was really making a strong comment about the fact that ultimately all human beings meet justice at the hands of Fate.
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"Lorca is obviously a master of his craft given the manner in which he artfully sets up his audience to believe that the lovers? fortunes will be dictated by the traditions and demanding laws of honor prevalent in the Spanish society of the time. This is evident in the way he develops the themes of knives, blood, nature and death throughout the play, including his very choice of the title Blood Wedding. In fact, the play begins on an ominous note with the bridegroom?s mother exclaiming, ?Knives, knives./ Cursed be all knives, and the scoundrel who invented them.? (Lorca, p. 34) But perhaps the more ominous note lies in Lorca?s portrayal of the bridegroom?s mother as a woman who has been unable to make peace with the death of her husband and other son in an old family feud. "
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?My Big Fat Greek Wedding?, 2004.
An analysis of the cultural differences in the film, ?My Big Fat Greek Wedding?
1,033 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 36.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the film, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" directed by Joel Zwick. Specifically, it discusses the differences between Greek and American culture that can lead to unhappiness and lack of self-esteem. The paper examines how the main character grows and manages to find love and happiness despite her Greek family.
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"Another cultural difference in the film is the family. The Greek family is very large, loud, meddling, and sometimes obnoxious. They insist that their way is the only way, and do not understand Ian's vegetarianism any more than they understand tofu and organic beef. They are lusty, earthy, and opinionated, a far cry from Ian's family who does not fit in the Greek family's society any more than the Greeks fit in theirs. This is funny, but it is sad too, because both families eventually put up with each other, but do not truly respect each other, and that says something about Greek and American culture, and how accepting it is, ultimately, of different cultures and beliefs. This is shown subtly in the church, where Ian's side of the church has sparse attendance from a small family, while Toula's side is filled with boisterous relatives from everywhere."
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Ghosts in "The Member of the Wedding", 2002.
An analysis of how the theme of ghosts is included in Carson McCullers's "The Member of the Wedding".
2,476 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper analyzes the role of ghosts in the plot, themes, and language of Carson McCullers's novel, "The Member of the Wedding." Using Judith Butler's theories on kinship and queer relationality in "Antigone's Claim," the paper argues that ghosts help the novel to present an expanded vision of the field of human love.
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Carson McCullers? The Member of the Wedding is, essentially, the story of a twelve-yeard-old girl named Frankie Addams searching for love and connection in a lonely world. Frankie?s world is frightening, even nightmarish at times, and it is filled with the ghosts that inhabit her imagination and described in the textually ghostly terms of the unknown, the secret, and the unnameable. The figure of the ?ghost? ? as imagined by Frankie and as a primary descriptive device in McCullers? prose ? quite literally haunts the novel, complicating its conceptions of human relationality and connection. The ghosts enable the novel to posit a tenuous definition of what it is to be a living human being; every living figure in the novel is not only deeply aware of the presence of non-living figures but is in constant danger of falling out of the realm of the living, of becoming a ghost, and every relationship between the living is negotiated over the presence of the dead. Ultimately, the novel?s ? and its characters ? ghosts allow for the at once terrifying and redemptive possibility of relationships and identities that transgress not only normative societal boundaries but the boundaries between the living and the dead.
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"The Wedding", 2002.
Discussion of Dorothy West's novel "The Wedding" and its portrayal of race and class during the Harlem Renaissance.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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This essay considers how Dorothy West's novel, "The Wedding," portrays the conflicts of race and class during the 1950s, a time that has been hailed as the Harlem Renaissance. By contradicting the revival of African-American identity, West weaves a complex history of generational identities and relations that reveal the collusion of race and class, where wealth and respect are internalized as synonymous with whiteness.
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The Wedding Ceremony, 2002.
A comparison of the differences in culture between the early modern world and the 19th century with an emphasis on the wedding ceremony.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper investigates the comparison between the "humanities", such as art, music, and tradition, in the early modern world and the 19th century periods. The example of a wedding is used in order to provide a focus to this discussion.
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"The Wedding", 2002.
An analysis of the theme of race relationships in the novel "The Wedding" by Dorothy West.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This book report is on Dorothy West's, "The Wedding". The paper discusses the book's focus on the complexities of race relationships and perceptions of people and society on the basis of skin tone. It concludes that the novel successfully guides us to a greater understanding of the idea that it is what it inside that makes the person, not their skin.
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 2002.
A review of the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" directed by Joel Zwick, 2001.
1,655 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 53.95
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A very personal and positive review of the movie by the writer who claims to have seen it more than once. It discusses the plot and how it is more than a simple ethnic wedding, but teaches one to laugh at one's own mistakes and faults. The movie pushes ethnic tolerance in a funny and charming way and this paper examines how this is done.
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"My favorite thing about My Big Fat Greek Wedding was its lack of pretense. There could have been a lot more depth to this movie and its underlying storylines of cultural separatism, the pressure to conform, the will to improve one's lot in life, and final acceptance of self. However, in the end, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is exactly what it should be: a funny story about a Greek American girl, from a traditional Greek family, getting married."
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"The Wedding Band", 2002.
A look at the history and times as implied in the book "The Wedding Band" by Alice Childress.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper will discuss the historical era and the book "Wedding Band" by Alice Childress. The historical reflections on the book will be made as well as how the book reflected history in South Carolina, these two will also be compared.
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