Marking Time And Moubarak Language Analysis

When we view the award-winning documentary Cronulla Riots, we are questioned about the values and ethics of being Australian. Everyone either young or old, male or female, Middle-Eastern or White, living on Australian soil are questioned about the embodiment of Australian values. Therefore, the documentary successfully achieved its purpose on questioning the viewers of being Australian. This can be best

Australian people and culture are often stereotyped in the media in different forms, one of them being film. The two films being examined, ‘Red dog’ (2011) and the ‘Sapphires’ (2012), are an example of the Australian identity but from different points of view. ‘Red dog’ shows the kind and positive side which exemplifies mateship and loyalty. The film ‘Sapphires’ ,which takes place in the 1950’s through to the 1960’s, shows a negative and racist view towards the indigenous people. Both the films show different aspects of the Australian identity, not all insights of the films accurately represent contemporary Australian identity as the Australian identity has changed by the evolution of people and their lifestyle.

America has always been labeled the “melting pot” and the “land of the free,” but when one is analyzing the history and social norms of the country, these statements are far from true. America has thrived through the oppression of minority groups and social pressure towards these groups to conform to the majority culture. In any historical sense, from the near extermination of Native Americans to the racial profiling of Muslim individuals after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, minority groups have always been the victims and have always been viewed as different if they do not assimilate into the “typical” American culture. Numerous works of literature have successfully displayed the struggles that minorities face when attempting to conform. Two works in particular, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Alexie Sherman and When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka, tell stories of two different minority groups: Native Americans living in the 21st century and Japanese-Americans during World War II. While these stories are separated by several decades, it is clear that American culture has not changed, as each story exemplifies how difficult it truly is to leave old cultural norms behind in order to be accepted by the majority.

First Contact is a three-part, landmark documentary series that attempts to hold a mirror up to society by exploring the divide between indigenous and white Australians culture. Taking as its guinea pigs a group of six non-Indigenous people, and in season two’s case, ‘celebrities’; are submerged into remote Aboriginal Australia territory for the first time allowing the audience to speculate on each individuals different experiences and give their exceedingly varied views. On the other end of the spectrum, First Australians chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia in a way the mini documentary series claims as ‘never told before’: from the perspective of the original custodians of the land. The show explores the happenings and effects

modules gives many examples how strong cultural pasts lead to identity problems in a new society. Also, the module shows us that many Mexicans were not happy with the stereotype formed about their identity. In Between the Lines, we see how Mexicans in America suffer through harsh discrimination, while trying to stay close to their relatives and culture. The letters talk about how Whites did not have concerns with family values or cultural beliefs. Whites based many of their values off succeeding in the economy. Whites in general had no regard for Mexicans as people.

The representation of Indigenous Australians in fiction and nonfiction texts are influenced by a range of factors. In the contemporary world of multicultural Australia, there has been a variety of ways groups of people are represented in texts. The Indigenous population is often portrayed in ways that strengthen harmful stereotypes. However, there are also a variety of positive outlooks and portrayals expressing their strength and achievements. In texts studied in year 8 English, the representation of Indigenous Australians in Crow country are characterized as outcasts and reflect cultural distinction. Newspaper articles regarding “Adam Goodes” demonstrates how preconceived thoughts from many Australians destroys sporting stars outlook upon

In the novel The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini purposely utilizes setting to play a pivotal role in the portrayal of an important focus when narrating a post 9/11 Afghan and American novel. The author’s deliberate incorporation of Afghan and American settings over a 3-decade time frame successfully illustrates the differences and similarities between Eastern culture and Western culture, as well as highlighting the harm each culture cultivates. The emphasis placed upon the discrimination of Hazaras by the Pashtuns not only informs the readers of the socio-economic relations in Afghanistan but also addresses a parallelism of harm towards Afghanis from Americans. Hosseini breaks down post 9/11 stereotypes by showing that a person's socio-economic class or ethnic group does not determine their ability to form friendships, feel guilt and seek redemption. Khaled Hosseini rehumanizes a culture which has been demonized by the generalizations of many individual Americans and many Hollywood films. He does this by developing universal themes which demonstrate that Afghans and Americans

A recurring theme throughout Canadian television studies is identifying the relationship between television and national identity. There is a political ideology that suggests support of national culture is crucial to the existence and well being of the nation (Matheson, 2015). There is often assumed a linkage between culture and a sense of national belonging and citizenship throughout Canadian television series as a way to influence cultural nationalism. Within the Canadian competitive cooking game show MasterChef Canada, Canadian paradigms of ethnicity and national identity are created through the challenges and responsibilities participants are asked to perform during the series. Canadian programming, local reflection and patriotism all work

The aim of this report is to investigate how cultural diversity is represented on free-to-air TV and compare this with survey results and research on Australian society.

The author discusses the religion of the Hazaras in very little detail. He does, however, highlight how Shiism is a major differentiating factor for Hazaras and often serves as the main difference between them and the other tribes of Afghanistan. Also, the author strongly rejects the notion that Shiism brings Hazara groups closer to other Shiites abroad, essentially suggesting Hazaras are fiercely distinct from other Afghans and other Shiites. My research contradicts this point, as it shows how Hazaras tend to form networks that interweave with other Shiite groups, becoming a part of the fabric of Western Shiism. The author, by taking this position, is also implicitly suggesting that ethnic identity is significantly more important to most Hazaras in the West than religious identity, which I also plan to

‘Stolen’ is a play by Australian playwright Jane Harrison. It tells the story of five young Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families during the Stolen Generation and establishes the racial attitudes and policies of Australia at that time. The medium of the play and the dramatic techniques utilised both confront and inform the audience about the treatment of Aboriginals by white society during the mid 20th century. Historically, Australia’s national identity has failed to incorporate Indigenous history and accept Indigenous people into society, and from the late 1800’s up until the 1970’s many Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families.

(Hosseini 9). This quote from the Kite Runner, goes to show that the Hazaras were practically erased from textbooks due to the fact that the Pashtuns were in control. Ethnic differentiation not only portrays a contrast, but through the lifestyle of Amir and

The Australian media plays a prominent role in influencing the way society makes sense of the world and its relations with others through portraying certain dominant discourses of politics, cultures and current affairs. Through this it can have positive and negative effects on cultural differences experienced within multicultural Australia. This essay will discuss the discourses that are prevalent in commercial and non-commercial television about cultural differences and diversity, and how this can either promote or denounce the inclusiveness of communities or allowing alternative voices to be heard.

I’ll be examining whether Australia’s lack multiculturalism in the media is an evolutionary change or transformative change. I will be investing how individuals and groups experience social exclusion within Australia at the micro, meso and macro levels.

The main contention in Price Erma’s article ‘ Reinforcing the myth: Constructing Australian identity in “reality TV” ’ which published online on May 2010, is to portray the myth of Australian identity shows in TV that there is a balance to measure how much is true, how much is false. Erma leads the reader to understand that the myth is against ‘reality TV’ because there always has tension between ideas of credibility and performance even TV shows are based on ‘real’ situations or people’s everyday life. Furthermore Erma demonstrates the utilization of mainstream Australian mythic, in ‘reality’ formats toward charting story what 's more character