The most exciting event in contemporary Chinese cinema was the emergence of the Fifth Generation filmmakers in the early 1980s. These young filmmakers, who graduated from Beijing Film Academy when it reopened after the Cultural Revolution, were given the opportunity to make films at minor studios in...

Arguing For Romantic Love One of the biggest debates at the turn of the seventeenth century was determining who was responsible for choosing a mate and what criteria that mate must possess in order to be suitable for marriage. The Canonization by John Donne continues with the metaphysical style o...

Michael Soon February 3, 2000 History 17B 3869807 SEPARATE SPHERES The separate spheres ideology, adhered to by the northern middle class, both repressed and empowered women in the first half of the nineteenth century. Separate spheres ideology was initially an oppressive measure used...