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Hanif Kureishi's "The Buddha of Suburbia", 2007.
This paper analyzes the theme of post-colonial elements of Indian identity in England within Hanif Kureishi's novel "The Buddha of Suburbia".
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper explains that "The Buddha of Suburbia" by Hanif Kureishi presents the struggles of a Indian teenager, Karim, which are crucial aspects of post-colonial identity within the suburbs of England. The author points out that the "Englishness" of Karim and his family members are thwarted when his father decides to return to his Buddhist faith, raising questions of Indian identity within the family unit. The paper relates that the post-colonial elements of this novel are revealed through Karim and his father's desire to be Indian against the dominating colonizing principles of English society. The paper includes quotations.
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"The early post-colonial elements of "The Buddha of Suburbia" revolve around the main character, Karim, and Indian teenager living in middle class British suburbs. Karim's father, Haroon, had essentially become "British" in every aspect of his life but suddenly has an epiphany to become a devote Buddhist. This causes a great conflict to those native English people in their lives, which is caused by the "native" return to religious principles that Karim's father wishes to explore. Karim's narrative defines the inherent racism of the English people... "
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"The Buddha of Suburbia", 2005.
An analysis of the theme of masculinity in the "The Buddha of Suburbia"by Hanif Kureishi.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper takes a close look at the notion of masculinity in Hanif Kureishi's acclaimed British novel, "The Buddha of Suburbia", as this masculine notion applies to the music that Kureishi invokes within his novel. It first looks at the masculine music of the early 1970s, followed by the ultra-masculine and -aggressive punk that followed, and finally to the emasculated point at which popular music ended up. It also looks at the authors views on changing and differing ideas of what is masculine.
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"In England and in the United States, the 1970s was an era of decadence as well as innocence. Before much was known about the dangers of drugs and the perils of promiscuity, this was a time when many lived life to its fullest and most self-indulgent. The music of this time mirrored the cultural transformation of the conservative postwar years to that of the swinging 60s and 70s. This change corresponded with a lessening in the difference between the genders, one where masculine and feminine notions were blurred and toyed with, where androgyny became almost a norm, at least among the younger, hipper culture. The music of the time relayed this gender message, as well. "
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Suburbia, 2002.
An examination of an article by Alex Marshall called "How Cities Work" - about the development of the concept of "Suburbia".
2,054 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper discusses how Alex Marshall has been studying the matter and following the development of major players in the urban planning community for years and uses examples to demonstrate where cities work and where they fail to provide an adequate and enjoyable context for human social interaction. The comparison between cities in Europe and cities in the United States are examined in this paper.
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"Since the end of the Second World War, most new development in America has taken place in Suburbia - that grey zone between the last city block and the amber waves of grain. Opinions on this uniquely 20th century innovation in human living vary. Many see a detached house, complete with a two-car garage and a swing-set as the American Dream. Others, who grew up in such an environment, seek to replace it with one that re-vitalizes or mimics traditional urban centers and villages that engender communitarian virtues while preserving the environment. To evaluate the suburb as a social phenomenon, we must look at it through the eyes of policy makers and those who have seen it evolve first-hand."
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Suburbia, 2002.
A study of the evolution of American suburbia.
1,775 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 5 sources, $ 57.95
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This paper examines the social and environmental aspects of the historical growth of the American suburb. It describes the great success of the first suburb, Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey. The paper illustrates that the materialist suburbs were originally intended for nature loving people.
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"?Build therefore, your own world,? (Emerson, 46). It is as if these words, written by Emerson in his 1836 publication of ?Nature? were written in specific reference to the creation of Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey. The park, the first American garden suburb, was built on the principles of just that, creating a new reality in the already existing hustle and bustle of the real world. This park, in its essence, was the beginning of the erection of ?suburbia? in that it had a snowballing effect which started people moving from the reality of the cities to a more quiet enclave of suburban life. Following in the steps of Llewellyn Park, suburbs began popping up all over the nation in an attempt to recreate a habitat within the serene wilderness in the fad and preoccupation of the time to return to nature."
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Suburbia, 2002.
Study of the American suburbs and the housing policy that created it.
3,130 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 9 sources, $ 91.95
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This paper examines the development of the American suburbia in the 60s and 70s, and discusses the Federal financing that created a new way of life. It looks at the stereotypes of urban and suburban life, and the communities they built. The paper describes their class and racial structure, and the political out come of the great suburban divide, such as desegregation and riots. The author discusses the lifestyle of suburban living and its stronger communal ties than generally believed.
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"Since the end of the Second World War, most new development in America has taken place in Suburbia - that grey zone between the last city block and the amber waves of grain. Opinions on this uniquely 20th century innovation in human living vary. Many see a detached house, complete with a two-car garage and a swing-set as the American Dream. Others, who grew up in such an environment, seek to replace it with one that re-vitalizes or mimics traditional urban centers and villages that engender communitarian virtues while preserving the environment. To evaluate the suburb as a social phenomenon, we must look at it through the eyes of policy makers and those who have seen it evolve first-hand.
The 1960?s and 1970?s in America saw an urban transition still unknown in most of the major cities of Europe. The Federal Housing Administration had precipitated the explosion in suburban development by offering 4% interest loans following the Second World War. Unfortunately, the FHA actively discriminated against blacks in the procurement of new home loans, polarizing cities into two camps: the predominantly white and middle class suburbs, and predominantly poor and black inner cities. In many ways, this served to countermand national efforts at school integration. At the same time, federal highway initiatives instituted under Eisenhower in the mid-1950?s made cities more accessible to suburban communities by providing them with a fast, easy commute."
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Chinese Immigration and Suburbia, 2002.
A look at Chinese immigration to Canada and the trend towards suburbian development.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 97.95
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This suburban development of Chinese immigrants can be understood as a move toward social integration, which both locates the success of immigrant businesses in the Greater Toronto Area and points a shift away from economic enclaves. This investigation poses related questions in the field of study, which are essential to understanding the Chinese immigrant pattern in Toronto: first, why do most new immigrants tend to move to suburban Toronto? Second, what are the significances of "Ethnoburb" in the areas of economy, cultural, social, and political life?
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The Diaspora Experience, 2006.
A comparative analysis of the diaspora experience in Eva Hoffman's "Lost in Translation" and Hanif Kureishi's "The Buddha of Suburbia".
2,577 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper attempts to examine the diaspora experience on many levels and to answer many questions about the experience using Eva Hoffman's "Lost in Translation" and Hanif Kureishi's "The Buddha of Suburbia." It looks at how both stories detail the intimate experience of diaspora and how migrating to a new country can impact a person's life. It discusses how both Hoffman and Kureishi experienced changes in personality as they both strived toward finding their own identity in a new environment.
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Introduction
"Lost in Translation"
"The Buddha of Suburbia"
Conclusion
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"In her autobiography, Lost in Translation, Eva Hoffman discusses her personal experience migrating from Poland to Canada during her teenage years. Her intimate account describes the struggles and emotions such an experience can cause. For her, there is a definite divide in her life; her childhood in Poland and new life in Canada. Part of what made her experience so difficult and intense was the change in language. No longer was she comfortable in her environment because of her language barrier to English. He lacked a command of the language and this caused her to internalize her personality. The title of the book does not only refer to her confusion but also a shift of consciousness. In a sense she has lost her social construct found in language and was struggling to understand her new one at time in life when identity and social standing are already difficult. "
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Theories of Suicide, 2007.
This paper examines Emile Durkheim's "Suicide" and Donna Gaines "Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead-End Kids" that explore the relationship between individuals and their society.
832 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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The paper discusses "Suicide," a groundbreaking book that was a case study on suicide by the sociologist Emile Durkheim in 1897. The paper explains that suicide was generally considered to be an individual's tragedy, until Durkheim first opened discussion to suicide as a social problem, making connections between the individual and society. The paper also examines "Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead-End Kids" by Donna Gaines that is similar to Durkheim's study on the groundbreaking connections between the individual and society as causes of suicide. The paper explores the term "sociological imagination" coined by C. Wright Mills that shows how the individual cannot be understood without understanding society and the relationship between them.
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"Durkeim found that Protestants and Catholics have very different rates of suicide. According to him, strong social control in Catholic society lowered suicide rates, while the less social control among Protestants resulted in higher suicide rates. Social integration, the level of attachment people have to their social groups, affects suicide rates. Durkeim found that both high and low levels of social integration can cause people to kill themselves, either because they have no social support, or because they do not want to be a burden on society."
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Stories of John Cheever, 1996.
Analyzes stories' critical depiction of suburbia & its shallow residents.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"John Cheever, in The Stories of John Cheever, includes a number of stories which are clearly critical of suburbia and its effects on the people who live there. This study will examine his critique of this environment and the upper class individuals and families which reside there in what is all too often self-centered vacuousness. At the same time, it should be noted that there are characters in his stories who seem to be fairly satisfied with their lot---at least as satisfied as any individual outside of suburbia. Cheever is hardly saying that every person in suburbia is a miserable wretch. However, the thrust of his stories in this regard emphasize the negative impact of suburbia on its denizens. The characters on whom these stories focus are miserable, indeed, but if all the characters were similarly unhappy the main characters would not stand out in..."
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"I Don't Have to Show you No Stinking Badges" ( Luis Valdez ), 1999.
Examines comic play's social criticism & depiction of Chicano family assimilated into suburbia.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 47.95
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" In his play I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges, Luis Valdez makes use of certain stereotypical images in order to delve into questions of the relationship between the actor and the role he or she plays and between those roles and the reality of similar roles in society. He does this in a comic format which turns certain American entertainment conventions upside down for satiric effect. The familiarity of the television situation comedy is recreated on stage with a very different kind of family and with a different purpose.
Luis Valdez is the founder and artistic director of the internationally-known El Teatro Campesino, the theatrical troupe he created during the Great Delano Grape Strike of 1965. The productions of this group have been acclaimed throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe and have received an.."
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John Cheever's "The Swimmer", 2007.
This paper discusses the symbolism of the swimming pool in John Cheever's "The Swimmer".
1,310 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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The paper explains that, in John Cheever's "The Swimmer", protagonist Neddy Merril decides to use his county's swimming pools as a means of transportation back to his house. The author points out that, as Neddy travels from neighbor to neighbor, pool to pool, he goes through the dark underbelly of suburbia, discovering the confinement of both his and his community's lives. The paper relates that the constrictive nature of the suburbs is implicit in the idea of the pool itself. The author suggests that the pool is a subversion of nature; it's a construction by which water, the most natural of all earthly things and a necessity of life, is set within a rigid box or circle for the purposes of activity or leisure. The paper concludes that the suburbia of Cheever's story is a carefully constructed and constricted bubble that has long since lost its connection with nature and the natural, physical world.
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"The confinements of Neddy's surroundings are further highlighted by the progression of his journey. At the first pool, the water is green and warm, and the apples are in bloom; it's spring time and the water is comforting. From here, Neddy's progresses to the Bunkers' party, where he is welcome, and then to the Levy's, where the party has ended and the leaves fall from the trees in yellow and red tufts. By journey's end, the water has a "wintry gleam" and the sky above does not hold the summer stars, but rather Andromeda, Cepheus, and Cassiopeia, the constellations of winter."
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The Geographies of "American Beauty", 2005.
A discussion of feminine confinement and control, as shown in the film "American Beauty" (1999).
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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The paper analyzes the Oscar-winning film American Beauty (1999), which presents a complex vision of gender relations in contemporary American suburbia. Through a critical evaluation of the film with reference to scholarly work on the geography of gender, this paper demonstrates the radical degree to which American Beauty visualizes feminine confinement and control, while showing pathological feminine power in suburban space. The paper further analyzes how the perception of confinement may seem unusual in a film such as American Beauty whose cinematography at various points - such as the opening - emphasize the wide expanses of suburban life.
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"Blue Velvet" Motifs, 2006.
An analysis of the recurring visual and audio themes of David Lynch's cult masterpiece, "Blue Velvet".
1,405 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper examines the ambiance provided by David Lynch through sights and sounds in this bizarre glimpse at surreal suburbia. It looks at how "Blue Velvet" is packed with recurring motifs that enhance the overall quality of the film. These motifs are analyzed through multiple examples of how Lynch puts a spin on film noir techniques.
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"As the montage continues, the camera pans down from the sky to a white picket fence supporting a growth of American Beauty red roses; dissolve to a slow motion fire truck with a waving fireman on board; dissolve to another white picket fence with yellow tulips; dissolve to a traffic guard escorting children across the street; dissolve to a white house with a man watering the yard. Up to this point, the viewer is shown nothing less than a Norman Rockwell setting; a perfect suburbia with sunny skies and friendly people. At this point in the montage, Lynch gives us our first flicker of the unusual, from the shot of the man watering the lawn the scene cuts, instead of dissolves, to a woman inside the home watching television. "
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The City and its Accommodations, 2008.
An analysis of the city and its accommodations through the ages.
3,143 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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This paper discusses how people have made homes in an urban environment over time. It looks at how Rome's inner-city housing as well as that of other European countries foreshadow the conditions seen in the American Industrial Revolution for the lower class. Included are discussions on housing trends over time for working- and lower-class Americans (e.g. development of suburbia, today's urban renewal in the inner-city.)
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Early European Urban Models
The American Industrial Revolution
Urban Planning
Immigration
Times of Conflict
The Post-War and Post-Industrial Eras
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"Since the formation of cities in America, there has always been a certain appeal to Americans and immigrants to live there. Rich or poor, people are attracted to the urban culture for a variety of reasons. Though noisy and congested, city living offers citizens unparalleled convenience, as well as an exciting, inspiring living environment. Depending on the neighborhood, of course, services such as food and drug stores, and entertainment/educational venues like theaters and museums are just a short walk away. Regular trash collection and street sweeping leave travel corridors looking organized and sanitary. City homes are hooked into the existing infrastructure--electric, water, gas, and sewer. Travel by subway, bus, taxi, auto, or foot is a breeze. Newspaper, food, and dairy delivery are also among the amenities afforded to city dwellers. "
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Chipotle and Applebee?s Restaurants, 2004.
This paper is a marketing analysis of the Chipotle Mexican Grill and Applebee?s Neighborhood Grill & Bar chains.
1,635 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 53.95
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This paper explains that both of the very successful restaurant chains, Chipotle and Applebee?s, are competing in two completely different segments of a very competitive industry, with each company targeting somewhat different customers; as such, their menus, restaurant environments and even websites reflect this. The author points outs that Chipotle targets younger, hipper clientele in urban areas who want quick food, but not fast food. Chipotle's food is inexpensive, but not the cheapest meal, and the restaurants are often located in trendy shopping centers. The paper relates that Applebee?s target clientele, families and individuals residing in ?Suburbia, U.S.A.?, receive a decent meal at a fair price in freestanding locations, typically located in suburbs surrounding larger metropolitan areas. The feeling of ?neighborhood? is important to Applebee?s and their desired customer.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chiptole Mexican Grill
Line of Business
Sales
Target Market
Brands
Distribution
Promotion and Pricing
Advantages and Strengths
Applebee?s Neighborhood Grill & Bar
Line of Business
Sales
Target Market
Brands
Distribution
Promotion and Pricing
Advantages and Strengths
Comparison of Chipotle?s and Applebee?s Marketing Strategies
Websites
Conclusion
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"Applebee?s Neighborhood Grill & Bar was first founded in 1980 with the opening of T.J. Applebee?s Rx for Edibles and Elixirs, in Atlanta, Georgia. The concept for the restaurant was a place ?that would provide full service, consistently good food, reasonable prices, and quality service in a neighborhood setting.? This would be the beginning for what would become the Applebee?s Neighborhood Grill & Bar international franchise restaurants all sporting ?interiors festooned with local memorabilia to give each location an indigenous feel.? Applebee?s now has more than 1,600 casual dining restaurants, located in the United States and nine other countries, and ?the company estimates the development potential of the Applebee?s concept in the United States to be at least 2,300 restaurants.? Sales reflect this incredible growth. In 2003, Applebee?s record more than $990 million in sales, up 19.8% from the previous year. They reported net income of $93.6 million, up 12.8% from 2002."
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