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- 1071: Jazz Movement In The 1960s
- ... art and music. London, England became the center for Jazz outside of the U.S., as had previously been Stockholm, Sweden and Paris, France during earlier periods. The sounds of jazz also spread throughout Asia, Africa, and South America, as these foreign cultures saw an expression of this radical American culture being expressed through the music, and it was a way for them to become "Americanized" on a small level. To ...
- 1072: A Brief History Of The Blues
- ... other words, it is a blending of both traditions. Something special and entirely different from either of its parent traditions. (Although Alan Lomax cites some examples of very similar songs having been found in Northwest Africa, particularly among the Wolof and Watusi. p. 233) The word 'blue' has been associated with the idea of melancholia or depression since the Elizabethan era. The American writer, Washington Irving is credited with coining the ...
- 1073: Amistad 3
- ... a larger sense, however, he contrasts a story of passage to America with its simple values and way of life to the arrival of an even more savage life and ideas of the civilization from Africa, a story of greater historical significance. The characters are not extensively developed; instead, they are simply presented, even understated at a point. Spielbergs intent is to draw vivid characterizations and to create objects and ...
- 1074: Maya Angelou - Tragedy To Triu
- ... Cairo. Later she also taught in Ghana. In the 1960's she said that being black, female, non-Muslim, non-Arab, six foot tall, and American made for some interesting experiences during her stay in Africa (Williams 1). Ms. Angelou accomplished many things in her life. She was the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference at the request of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She was also appointed to ...
- 1075: Heart Of Darkness And Apocalyp
- ... the well defined cultural values masculine/feminine and self/other that had specific segregated roles, could not be sustained in the Congo or in Vietnam. "For the Americans in Vietnam, as for the colonialists in Africa, madness is the result of the disintegration of abstract boundaries held to be absolute (Worthy 24)." "As it attempts to confront the 'insanity' of the war through Kurtz' s madness, that of the filmmakers, and ...
- 1076: Cyril Falls, "The Great War"
- ... got knocked out and it showed the power of tanks against trench-systems. Chapter VII, The Outer Theaters Of War: The war at the outer theaters went to an end. British forces invaded German East Africa and they scored remarkable successes against the Turks. Bagdhad was captured at March 1917 Book Five-1918: Chapter I, Ludendorff Takes The Stage: The Germans decided quickly that they have to use there chance quickly ...
- 1077: To Be A Slave: Analysis
- ... consideration. The children would be raised into bondage and be kept in shackles most of their lives. A slave named Charles Ball is a perfect example of this monstrosity. His life was going well in Africa until marauders came and claimed him as their slave. For most of his life, he would try to gain respect as a slave. Ball did many unnecessary tasks to impress the master. Since he was ...
- 1078: The Theme of Coming of Age in Literature
- ... manliness, and genital operations, including circumcision. Girls rites are just as bad if not worse with things like removal of the clitoris. In some places in North America, the ritual is individual where as in Africa and Oceania the ritual can be collective. A plain Indian adolescent boy undertakes a vision quest; he goes out alone into the wilderness, endures hardship, and seeks a vision from his animal guardian spirit; if ...
- 1079: An Analysis of "Heart of Darkness"
- ... yacht in the Thames estuary as darkness fell, reminding his audience that exploitation of one group by another was not new in history. They were anchored in the river, where ships went out to darkest Africa. Yet, as lately as Roman times, London's own river led, like the Congo, into a barbarous hinterland where the Romans went to make their profits. Soon darkness fell over London, while the ships that ...
- 1080: The Lost World: Summary
- ... island that Levine went to was Isla Sorna. They plan this whole trip to go there, just Malcolm, Thorne, and Thorne's assistant, Eddie. They also call a woman named Sarah Harding, a scientist in Africa, to come with them. She had to take a flight in a while, she was too far to just go with them. They told the kids that they couldn't go. They leave for a ...
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