Essays about: "americans attitudes"

Found 5 essays containing the words americans attitudes.

  1. 1. A Comparative Study of Attitudes of Young Swedes and North Americans towards Gender and Predicates Denoting Intelligence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Anna Bergvall; [2018]
    Keywords : gender studies; gender bias; intelligence bias; genius; brilliant; creativity; sexism in language; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes towards gender and predicates denoting intelligence among Swedish and U.S. citizens between 20 and 35 years (N = 72). Research suggests that stereotypes on gender and cognitive ability begin to affect children around six years of age. READ MORE

  3. 2. Circulating Emotions in James Baldwin’s Going to Meet the Man and in American Society

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Alexandra Cassel; [2017]
    Keywords : Ahmed; America; Baldwin; emotions; fear; Freud; psychoanalysis; racism; sexuality; stereotypes; uncanny;

    Abstract : This essay explores how James Baldwin’s short story Going to Meet the Man depicts racist attitudes toward African-Americans in American society. Further, this essay also shows how racism is linked to a circulation of emotions that unconsciously generates a xenophobic nation affecting even those who implicitly are regarded as genuine citizens of that community. READ MORE

  4. 3. Thanks! You look rather dashing yourself. : A contrastive pragmatics investigation of Singaporean and American compliment responses

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Susanna Melin; [2014]
    Keywords : Variational pragmatics; Compliment responses; CRs; Cross-cultural communication; Intralingual pragmatics; Singaporean English; American English;

    Abstract : Set within the framework of the newly established field of variational pragmatics (Schneider and Barron, 2008), this study investigates pragmatic variation between two different regional varieties of English, namely American English and Singaporean English. Specifically, the speech act of compliment responses is compared. READ MORE

  5. 4. Racial Conflict in the United States of America : A Deconstructive Perspective on Native Speaker by Changrae Lee

    University essay from Engelska

    Author : Amin Beiranvand; [2010]
    Keywords : Racial conflict; mistreatment of immigrants; Deconstruction; Korean Americans and African Americans;

    Abstract : Written about the time of the Golden Venture incident, Chang-rae Lee’s Native Speaker makes a particular reference to that incident, whereby implying that particular immigrants, on the grounds of their racial identities, are mistreated and considered as aliens by some Americas. While some whites discriminate against immigrants, there is widespread ethnic tension between Korean Americans and African Americans. READ MORE

  6. 5. Student attitudes toward incentives to reduce automobile use

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Soils

    Author : Beatrice Torgnyson; [2005]
    Keywords : automobile; reduce; incentive; United States; survey; students; attitudes; argument;

    Abstract : Automobiles cause several problems in today's western industrialized society and there is wide agreement on the fact that automobile use needs to be reduced in this part of the world. Therefore, it is important to determine the incentives, arguments and polices that automobile users perceive to be most effective in making them drive less. READ MORE