Notion of the subject - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak - publié le 28/12/2006
Essay - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences
"A subject position is a hard place, we cannot read it ourselves; we are given over to others even as we make inevitable public attempts to read our subject position" (Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak). Discussion of the complexities of Spivak's notion of the subject in the context of race and/...
Notion of the subject - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Essay - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences
“A subject position is a hard place, we cannot read it ourselves; we are given over to others even as we make inevitable public attempts to read our subject position” (Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak). Discussion of the complexities of Spivak's notion of the subject in the context of race...
Class and inequality in Australia
Essay - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences
If Horne described Australian society by its “climate so professedly egalitarian” and its “Fair go, mate”, McGregor points out that “it is impossible to live in Australia without coming to realize that the different social classes […] experience crucial differences...
Class and inequality in Australia - publié le 14/12/2006
Essay - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Since the middle of the nineteenth century and the gold rushes, the principle of equality has become fundamental in Australia as far as each person, including prisoners were considered to be equal by gold he found. It is common place to hear that Australia is an egalitarian and classless society...
Media Ownership, Political Economy And Media Content
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Mass media has undoubtedly become the primary medium used to distribute information. The functioning of the mass media is complex and the influence it bares on shaping the audience's opinions and attitudes is colossal. This characteristic makes it a great source of power too. This ensemble of...
Media Ownership, Political Economy And Media Content - publié le 14/12/2006
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Mass media has undoubtedly become the main medium used to distribute information among the population. The functioning of the mass media is complex and the influence it bares on shaping the audience's opinions and attitudes colossal, making its control a great source of power. This ensemble of...
Is there a meaningful way in which we can talk about global citizenship in the contemporary context?
Essay - 10 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In his famous address at the Sorbonne in Paris, Albert Einstein laid ironically the stress on the very limits of the concept of “global citizenship”. Indeed, even though the process of globalisation of trade, science or more generally speaking “culture” have unquestionably...
A survey among exchange students living in Belgium
Essay - 13 pages - Sociology & social sciences
We have decided to conduct a survey of the exchange Exchange Student living in Belgium” to analyze their living habits. We have decided to focus first on the reaction of foreign students living in Belgium. We have also decided to question other students that had been a part of a foreign...
How canadians see multiculturalism
Essay - 24 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Canada is described as a multicultural society whereby different ethnic groups live together and try to respect their different cultural background. Canadian ethnic mosaic includes, in addition to the founding French and British groups, a large number of German, Chinese, Black, Dutch, Italian and...
How canadians see multiculturalism - publié le 11/10/2006
Essay - 24 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Canada is described as a multicultural society wherein different ethnic groups live together with the aim of respecting their different cultural backgrounds. In addition to the founding French and British groups, the Canadian ethnic mosaic includes a large number of people who are Germans,...
Wake traditions in Ireland and Church opposition to wake and associated practices
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Ireland is often viewed as a deeply Catholic country by outsiders. In fact though, the Irish can prove to be very disobedient to the orders of the Church when dealing with their traditional customs. One of the best known examples is probably that of the 'merry wake'. The Church has tried...
Wake traditions in Ireland and Church opposition to wake and associated practices - published in 2007
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Foreigners often see Ireland as a deeply Catholic country. Yet when dealing with their traditional customs, the Irish can prove to be very disobedient to the orders of the Church. One of the best examples is probably that of the 'merry wake': the Church tried for hundreds of years to...
Immigrants acculturation in occidental countries - published: 10/07/2006
Essay - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences
John Berry, a Canadian social psychologist, has developed a theoretical framework regarding the psychological concept of acculturation. Two main acculturation processes exist in Cross Cultural Psychology: integration and assimilation. Berry argues that integration is not the only mode of...
Immigrants acculturation in occidental countries
Essay - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences
John Berry, a Canadian social psychologist, has developed a theoretical framework about the psychological concept of acculturation. Two main acculturation processes exist in Cross Cultural Psychology: integration and assimilation. Berry argues that not only integration was the mode of...
Organized crime in Marseille
Essay - 9 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Academic literature on French organised crime is scarce. Very few - if not any - criminology departments exist within French universities and higher education institutions. Moreover, public debate is centred on the issues of petty crime and unruly youths, as it was the case during the 2002...
Women's political representation in Sweden and in France. Comparative study
Essay - 10 pages - Sociology & social sciences
One of the topmost priorities of the European Union is the equal participation of men and women in the decision-making process. However, differences do exist within the EU regarding women's representation. Among the EU nations, Sweden holds the highest rate of female deputies in the Riksdag,...
The problem of obesity in modern societies : "To a fitter future ?"
Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The need for being leaner and fitter future evident. The Media covering issues of adult obesity, reported the concerns of overweight among children. The obesity epidemic in the developed countries can no longer be ignored. Globally there are more than 1 billion overweight adults and at least 300...
How is Durkheim's suicide theory reliable in today's society ?
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Le suicide has become a classic which has influenced most of the research conducted on this issue since then. Nevertheless, as Durkheim points out himself « the questions that suicide raise are closely connected with the most serious practical problems of the present time ». Even if the 19th...
Social class is the most salient feature of contemporary British society.
Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
If the concern of the British population towards social class is proportionate to the number of films made by the British cinema industry on the matter, then social class is really a salient feature of the British society today. Indeed, with Trainspotting (about junkies from Edinburgh), The...
Racial discrimination among college students - publié le 22/09/2003
Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Discrimination is often associated with racism. Today, many people not only witness racial discrimination, they also suffer from it. Targets are often teenagers, and in this particular case: college students. According to several investigations, foreign communities, such as African - American,...
The Disney Myths
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Beginning in the late 1920's, the Disney enterprise flooded the United States and indeed much of the globe with short cartoons, live-action films, comic books, colossal theme parks and consumer merchandise. This leisure empire became a universal symbol of the United-States. The economic...
Gender Issues and Political Correctness
Essay - 10 pages - Sociology & social sciences
"Gender? is too often addressed to "women? whereas in fact it refers to the relation between the two genders, masculine and feminine. Gender is defined as "a social construct? used to differentiate men and women from each other besides the biological factors (see lexicon). However, "gender...
Criminality in New-York City (NYC)
Essay - 9 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In terms of crime, right from the end of the 1970's up to the middle of the 1990's, NY supplanted all the other American cities, including a city like Chicago which was the hub for majority of the crimes in the United States of America. Since 1993 and Rudy Giuliani's coming to power...
Reflective paper, On death and dying - published: 01/11/2002
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
On death and dying, the book written by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in 1967 has been a turning point in death studies as well as in “patient care”. Having interviewed over 200 terminally-ill patients, she came to the conclusion that dying was a process divided in five stages: denial, anger,...
Reflective paper, On death and dying
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
On death and dying, the book written by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in 1967 has been a turning point in death studies as well as in “patient care”. Having interviewed over 200 terminally-ill patients, she came to the conclusion that dying was a process divided in five stages: denial, anger,...
The Death penalty in the US
Essay - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In the course of American history, nearly 15.000 people have been executed under civil authority. While the use of execution has declined throughout most of the First World, the USA remains as an exception ? the only democracy ? where belief in the utility of capital punishment as the ultimate...
Christian Zionism in the United States
Essay - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Lift To Experience is a contemporary rock band from Texas and are gaining popularity across the world. If we look close at their message, in accordance to their lyrics and the artwork, one might get a feeling that they are not like the other usual American bands. They represent the popular and...
The contribution of American sitcoms to the daily life of teenagers
Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
A television situation comedy, popularly known as sitcom is meant for teenagers to relate to their life, to manage their life and solve their problems. But at the same time there is a debate whether sitcoms really has an intention to educate, or whether its intention is only to entertain....
American gangs
Essay - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences
. Street gangs, today, are forming at an alarming rate. They are increasingly seen throughout the US, in cities and communities, large and small, urban and rural. Today, street gangs seem to comprise from all races and from most socio-economic levels, and is not limited only to the larger cities.
Can history be represented on film (documentary or fiction) ?
Essay - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Representing history is a difficult work for historians as for filmmakers. Through pictures, sounds, music, montages and mise-en-scene, is it possible to represent the world, and especially history? We will try to analyse the representation of history in film, particularly in the fiction, by...
