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Research Note: An Established Canon? Textbook Orthodoxy In Psychology, James R. Scroggs
Research Note: An Established Canon? Textbook Orthodoxy In Psychology, James R. Scroggs
Bridgewater Review
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Is There A Caste System In India?, Abraham V. Thomas
Is There A Caste System In India?, Abraham V. Thomas
Bridgewater Review
American news media as well as American textbooks, both college and secondary schools, present India as a unique society because it practices the caste system, which is then described in terms of its presumed traditional characteristics. Americans thus learn to picture the Indian society as extremely static and assume that the caste system still continues in its traditional form. The fact is that even in traditional times, the caste system never existed as it was theoretically supposed to operate. In modern India, the caste system exists, but not as westerners generally conceive of it.
The U.S. In Central America And The Caribbean, Michael J. Kryzanek
The U.S. In Central America And The Caribbean, Michael J. Kryzanek
Bridgewater Review
The revolution in Central America has not only helped most Americans learn where El Salvador and Nicaragua are situated on the map, but, more importantly, it has placed before them two opposing interpretations of what is actually going on in that part of the world. By the Reagan Administration, the American public is told that the fighting in this region is a result of communist expansionism. The Salvadoran rebels, in concert with the Nicaraguans and the Cubans, are seeking to spread their influence and establish Marxist satellite states. Those who disagree with the Reagan position claim that the outbreak of …
The Last Word: Reality Into Fiction - 1984, Nancy L. Street
The Last Word: Reality Into Fiction - 1984, Nancy L. Street
Bridgewater Review
Television programming In the United States is transforming our society. Unaware of its incursions, Americans literally “buy into” dramatized patterns of behavior. From the evening news to advertising to prime-time drama like “Dynasty” or “Matt Houston” the distinctions between reality and fiction are blurred if not obliterated. Drama becomes reality; reality, e.g., the news, becomes drama. Contemporary American television posits a world view impacting on interpersonal interactions, family structure, cultural transmission, political decision-making, war and what it means “to know.”