This essay explores how A. Van Jordan's poem "Question" effectively articulates both the complexity of the Confederate flag and the relationship between white Southerners and African Americans. View

An exploration of the relationship between environmental justice and racism, examining two distinct minority social structures in the U.S. and Taiwan. View

本稿では、特に、アメリカ大統領選に大きな影響を与えたと言われるツイッターやフェイスブックなどのソーシャルメディアが、人々の「国家」意識に変化を与えていると言えるのかどうかを検証する。 View

This thesis seeks to explore the significance of the paintings British film director Peter Greenaway uses in his films, focusing on themes such as faith, emotional response, and added meaning. View

An investigation of how women tackle career challenges while navigating societal gender norms, focusing on the life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, with analysis of her autography, previous research documents, and a survey of social criticism about her. View

The purpose of the research is to clarify the relationship between sweat shops and the structure of consumer society from the viewpoint of the structure of consumption society. View

This essay aims to demonstrate how three white men in the film "12 Years a Slave" deal with their Christian values in the face of slavery and its immoral treatment of human beings. View

This thesis seeks to identify factors contributing to diversity within British Asian cultural identity in British films. In particular, it examines the ways in which British films such as "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Brick Lane" have represented the construction of British Asians’ cultural identity. View

This thesis is a critical examination of the "Japanese people" as a unique ethnic group that lives in harmony with nature. It examines Japan's relationship with its forests, which are largely young and recently planted, and suggests ways to better utilize domestic woodland resources. View

This essay demonstrates how Butler’s "Kindred" provides the reader with a new and unique way of understanding the “peculiar institution” of slavery: its organization, values and culture; its physical and psychological effects on slaves and their descendants; and even its legacy on the nation at large. View

This essay explores the concept of freedom through Huck and Jim in Twain's classic work, focusing on topics such as their respective roles in a white-centered society, racial stereotypes, coming-of-age rituals, and the influence of nature. View

This thesis examines Percival Everett’s "Erasure"" (2001) and its treatment of racism ingrained in the literary world, with a particular focus on how the protagonist’s dual personality affects his life and what it tells about the society he lives in. View

This paper uses the book "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer as a case study of American ideals about concepts such as the "wilderness" and "adventure." It also looks at the main character Chris McCandless, and what may have motivated his journey into Alaska. View

Via Don McBrearty’s "Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad," this essay discusses the creation of the Underground Railroad network, its importance, and how it influenced the lives and spirit of both free and enslaved black people. View

This thesis introduces relationships between blacks and whites in the historical context of Robert Zemeckis’s "Forrest Gump," addressing the notion of recessive racism that characterizes the film by focusing on the social status of African Americans. View

This thesis introduces the background of the forced removal of Aboriginal Children in Australia and describes the social philosophy of eugenics. It examines some of the significant issues raised in the film "Rabbit Proof Fence" by Phillip Noyce, such as the violation of human rights, controlled marriage, as well as sexual and child abuse. View

This paper examines the connection between U.S. presidents and civil religion in America. The author attempts to show how numerous American presidents have sought to unite the American people by using religious terminology in their public speeches, especially during wartime. View

Racism has been a major issue in the United States of America since its inception and is at the heart of Adam Shankman’s Hairspray (2007), an American musical film based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name. This thesis examines the film to demonstrate how deep-rooted racial discrimination can be, but also shows that people can act to change and make their world better. View

This paper examines “the myth of the atomic bombing” in the United States and how it influences the American people. Moreover, this paper attempts to find out whether ways of thinking about the atomic bombing has changed from World War II to today. View

This thesis examines differences between Japan and U.S. beer commercials. It introduces examples of commercials and contrasts Japanese and U.S. beer commercials, then examines three major categories of differences: place, age and gender. It also discusses the different messages of commercials from each country. View

アーミッシュは時折、その３００年以上変わらぬ独特の生活様式から、アーミッシュ以外の人々から理想化されることがある。 馬などの動物とともに農業をしている姿を見たりすると、懐かしさと不思議な気持ちを心に覚えるだろう。 地球環境と私たち自身の生活の双方の改善策としてアーミッシュの生活から何を学べるか述べていく。 View

This thesis compares two lines of thinking about the link between the environmental movement and the global economy that are based on completely opposite perspectives: No action or intelligence. Both have extreme and idealistic points of view, and the author seeks to use them to discover a possible "ecofriendly" lifestyle in modern society. What does it mean for us to be ecofriendly? View

21世紀では、環境制約を打ち破ることが技術革新の標的となり、そうした技術革新がこれからの経済成長を牽引すると言われている。 グローバリゼーションの浸透によって、世界各地で文化的統合や均質化が推し進められる一方で、土地や資源の開発が原因となる対立が増えてきている。その中で、開発に抵抗するマイノリティーの人々の取り組みや運動はどのような意味を持っているのだろうか。 View

This essay argues that women’s fashion has been related to the idea of “femininity” in the U.S. and has changed along with that idea. For instance, the time when women started to wear pants, and more specifically jeans, was a major milestone in female fashion since jeans were originally work clothes for men. View

The terrorist tragedy united American citizens across their differences: race, gender, and class. However, this sense of unity was based on racial hatred of Arabic people. By the 2012 presidential election, American citizens were once again deeply split. This essay analyzes the relationship between white Americans and African Americans over the past decade. View

In terms of social perspective, advertisements work to both create our way of seeing the world, and reflecting our perspective on certain social matters. The role of race is vital to advertising strategy, and advertising affects the way we perceive race representations. This thesis examines how minority races are portrayed in Japanese and American advertisements. View

In this essay I aim to discuss present day imperialistic traits within the world economic system under the age of globalization. I will discuss whether or not these traits constitute imperialism or are simply the product of being a substantial economic power by studying a few inequitable cases caused due to the unfair economic system. View

Why has the Disney film "Song of the South" (1946) been censored for more than 50 years? Song of the South is based on Joel Chandler Harris’s "Uncle Remus" (1881), a collection of African folktales. This essay will show how the harsh reality of African American life as depicted in "Uncle Remus" is watered down once filtered through the life of the fictional characters in "Song of The South", the Walt Disney film adaptation of Harris’s stories. View

今回、私は、アミタブ・ゴーシュのThe Calcutta Chromosomeを題材にし、「新しい知、新しい科学への見方」について論文を書いていく 。ゴーシュは、世界的にも著名なベンガル系インド人の英語作家である。彼がポストコロニアル作家として大 成した人物であることは、容易に想像がつくのではないだろうか。今回扱う彼の作品は、 イギリスで優れたSF作品に贈られるアーサー・C・クラーク賞を1997年に受賞したThe Calcutta Chromosomeである。View

In the globalized world today, we have many common issues that should be discussed and solved. Some of these issues are environmental issues that are a concern not only for human beings, but also for every living thing on Earth. This paper attempts to prove the significance and possibility of an ethics-based approach to environmental education, which aims to think ethically about environmental issues. View