Hidden behind often inappropriate toilet humor and clever 4th-wall breaking comments is a masterpiece composed by Hideki Sorachi filled with elegant storytelling, clever dialogue, heartwarming characters, and proud individuality. Gintama, meaning "silver soul," is hard to describe. While at face value it is a pure mix of comedy and satire that parodies other forms of media and society as a whole, the show is far more than that. What starts off as a tale about a lazy samurai and his "found family", ends up as a spiraling epic of war, loss, and life.
As we know, Japanese culture is ancient, rich and assorted. It is considered a millennium culture, with lots of traditions and beliefs that make it very attractive. These traditions and beliefs are expressed, among other ways, through the performing arts, as: theatre, cinema, ballet, dance, etc. which somehow express the identity of the Japanese people. Within these performing arts we can find to BUNRAKU and KABUKI which belong to this kind of art, but they are two expressions very different from each other.
The role of males in Aristocratic Japan and Italy was far superior to women. Both Heian Japan and Renaissance Italy accepted a sexual double standard. For example, extra marital affairs were normal for men. They were even openly discussed. In Italy, though men could only have one wife at a time, there were high death rates, so many people married more than once in their lives. Wealthy Japanese men most commonly had concubines. Although Christianity in Italy had prohibited concubines, wealthy men did have mistresses, who did not have any legal standing. Heian Japan believed that the first wife was most important, but polygamy was still popular and accepted. Unlike the exploitive lives of wealthy Japanese and
It is no secret that for centuries, the Japanese woman has been, to most observers, a model of elegance and graceful beauty. A picture of a kimono-clad, modest, and often silent woman has been plastered everywhere, allowing for the upmost passive subjection. If we look deeper into this image of woman, can we tell if this picture is complete? How do these women painted in representative images far in the modern world? The ideal woman in Japan is expected to be both a good wife, and a wise mother. Though these seem like reasonable expectations, there is a much deeper meaning to them that has shown signs of being outdated. During the 1800’s and 1900’s, women were subjected to society’s vision of them, and could not break free for fear of the
So it could be said one significant factor in Japanese culture is idealization, and Geisha is a component of this fantasy. They are pulled out from themselves as women and then become an illusory form. When Sayuri wears the twelve layers of elegant kimonos with exquisite makeup, stepped on those expensive black wooden clogs,
“Indeed, Gnaritus espouses many of the mores and conventions of the Native American Indians,” Stefan deduced. “For example, the Native Americans Indians maintained no boundaries to their villages or any concept of land ownership either. They considered the Earth as a living consciousness with connections binding everything together in a whole. However, Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas in 1492 ushered in a new era. Soon the settlers claimed ownership of the land and carved boundaries, borders, and divisions in stone and blood. They severed the threads that connected people to each other and the land. As a result, the new boundaries served only to separate and isolate individuals even more. In essence, these immigrants failed
Let me tell you about a man named Geronimo. Geronimo was an Apache Indian, and maybe one of the most famous Indians of the 19th century. He was born in No-Doyohn Canyon in 1829. He had many tragic events in his life, his capture and escape, the killing of his family, the many wars he fought in, his surrender, etc. Since the killing of his family Geronimo seeked revenge against the Spanish Government. He attacked Spanish troops multiple times in his life until his surrender to U.S. troops in 1886.
The Heian court of medieval Japan was a progressive and dynamic society where women commanded a fair amount of power and respect. In many ways it seemed to be the basis of the "rank n file", material culture of today’s society. The social structure of society throughout the court was set up in three different ranks. In chapter two, Genji’s friend, To no Chujo explained the three roles and how they determined the role of women in court. Women of high rank would be the wife of a high ranking elite, thus responsible for raising the future heirs, women of lower rank were concubines and often had better relationships with the man than his wife. did It was this complicated ranking system that led to the abundance of accepted promiscuity, however the two roles kept a bit of stability and normalcy throughout the court.
Women were divided in to two groups, those of wives and those of non-wives. The wives group included both current wives and those with potential as future wives. The non-wives group was subdivided into further groups. Women who lived in brothels were treated much as slaves with little freedom. Some non-wives offered their services on the streets, and could barter prices with customers but were required to wear certain garments to ensure they were recognized in public places. A more desirable role of the non-wives is the hetera. This woman, more than an object, was capable of entertaining the men. They were often sought out to entertain the men during Symposiums with conversation, songs, and music. These women could become self sustaining and own homes and live life as they pleased. Concubine women enjoyed perhaps the most beneficial lives as kept mistresses of men. They were provided homes and cared for by primarily one man. Women were used at the disposal of men and their whims throughout the society.
Gern1any consists of sixteen separate states, who govern themselves, with the largest of them being Bavaria. Gern1any is bordered by many thriving nations such as Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg which have all chosen German as the national language. This superpower of a country has left its mark on many culture Though the Netherlands and Gern1any are separate lands they share the same ancestors of the Germanic race. Some Northern Germans speak in a dialect that is sounds close to the Dutch language that it can be picked up in mannerisms by natives. German is the most taught language around the world and is made 35 different dialects.
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“I’ll try to explain the history of Gnaritus in brief,” Pars began thoughtfully. “At the dawn of the space colony a hundred years ago, the World Governing Body named the planet “Earth Colony” and assigned a governor to oversee it. The governors from Earth never lasted more than two or three years at a time. Some fifty years later, as the space colony matured, it became increasingly apparent that these rotating governors could never fully appreciate all the events shaping Gnaritus or be that much invested in its future. Hence, at the behest of the New World settlers, Earth eventually divested itself from governing Gnaritus. Once free from the colonial tutelage, the space colonists immediately changed the planet’s name to Gnaritus by a
I have seen how DNA and genes passed down from our parents can control our internal body and our outward appearance, like our physical and emotional health, intelligence, eye color and skin color. DNA is used to determine that kind of stuff. In some of our society, what genetic disease you have can have impact on what you can do. For example, if you were to have hemophilia, it may limit you on playing sports because if you get cut, you can bleed for a long time which would be very dangerous. Physical features can also have an impact on your role in society. If you are considered strong or handsome/beautiful you might be more successful at school and in your job career. After watching the movie Gattaca I think it would be neat to genetically
In traditional Chinese perspective, giving births to offspring for a man’s family was the main function of a woman’s sexuality. Also, woman’s sexuality was safer under the protection of staying with the family. Woman was vulnerable and did not have ability to resist if there’s any man tried to abuse her. In such manner, women were asked to stay inside of the household neither stepping out of the household nor met the guests in the living room, because women were considered as their husbands’ personal property. In addition, there were many single men who could not find a wife called bare sticks, and they were regarded as extremely dangerous people for women, because they would sexually abuse women if there were any chance.
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