Crossley’s “Orphan Warriors”
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A five page paper looking at Pamela Kyle Crossley’s book “Orphan Warriors: Three Manchu Generations and the End of the Qing World” in terms of its sociological analysis of this ethnic minority in China. The paper shows the development of the culturally-distinctive Manchu minority group, and traces their fall from a position of conqueror to a culture struggling to hold onto ancestral beliefs. No additional sources.
Filename: KBmanchu.wps

Cultural Illusions in Hwang’s “M. Butterfly”
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A five-page paper looking at this hit play by David Henry Hwang, in the context of the questions it raises about cultural stereotypes and gender roles. The paper asserts that Gallimard’s evolution in the play is representative of the conflict between Western and Eastern philosophies. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: KBbutter.wps

Culture and Generational Clashes
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This 4 page paper discusses the conflicts between Hata and Sunny, and Mona and her mother, in the novels "A Gesture Life" and "Mona in the Promised Land." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVCulGen.rtf

Dalai Lama’s Ethic of Compassion, Featured in “Kindness, Clarity and Insight”
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A 5 page paper which examines the Buddhist view of compassion, as interpreted by Tibet’s fourteenth Dalai Lama, and how it is the essential component in helping others. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGdalai.rtf

Displacement in postcolonial literature
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A six page paper which considers the concepts of sense of place and displacement in postcolonial literature, especally with reference to hybridisation and the reification of indigenous culture. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: JLdisplace.rtf

Dragon's Village and Red Azalea
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A paper which looks at two autobiographical novels set in the Chinese Cultural Revolution, with particular reference to the protagonists' experiences in reconciling their personal and political views. Bibliography lists 4 sources
Filename: JLdragon.rtf

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