SOCIETY AND SOCIAL ISSUES

What is Salsa? What role does it have in Latin culture? How does it reflect and how is it affected by gender, race, immigration, mass-media, cultural identity, and class issues in the Caribbean, in Latin-American cities, and in the U.s.?

It is surprising that there is no Social Issues category at AC. Here are some reasons why such a category should exist.

Current status of the ability to diagnose and treat conditions associated with ambiguous genitalia in neonates.

A look at the inversion of trivial and serious matters in The Importance of Being Earnest.

The book (and movie) Fight Club may just seem to be about men physically fighting each other. However, it actually goes in depth on perceived problems with American (and Western) society and culture- consumerism, trying to find God, the role of the male sex and much more.

Here is a critique of "Opinions and Social pressure", an essay by Solomon E. Asch, a social psychologist at Rutgers University.

I was originally skeptical of Wall-E, considering the scarcity of dialogue in the movie. I quickly realized that dialogue is unnecessary, and the movie deftly weaves together elements of science fiction, romance, and social commentary into a terrific product.

Inner Voices is a group of students at UIUC that putting on performances about real social issues affecting the community.

The adolescents face various developmental challenges & conflicts that need to resolve to move forward during development. This paper aims at exploring different physical and social development of adolescents and their impact on adolescents' lives.

One political and social issue that consumes Americans today is the right to decide one's own fate, or that of someone else. Is it possible to regulate death? Is it not worse, in some cases, for a person to continue living than it would be if he or she were to die?

The first essay in this series examines age structure as a key structural feature of society and the implications it has in other spheres.

The social policy of legalizing gay marriage is a hotly debated issue of gay rights that has taken the national spotlight over the last decade. This article looks at existing social policy and provides a brief analysis of the debate.

A Day in the Life of $#&*@ is a compelling story of a child's fight to live. I sit down and interview author and advocate, Nikol Purvis.

Key elements of developmental counseling and therapy are discussed such as: theoretical roots, client assessment, the intervention selection processes, the key assumptions regarding symptom etiology, the range of application and empirical evaluations.

The New Left in America came after a time of political and social suppression in the 1950's. Born out of the ideas fostered by civil rights leaders, the New Left gave a voice to radical Americans during the 60's and 70's.

The objective to write the article is to sensitize the people about the importance of parenting and its role towards the development of child as well as the society's evolution.

The objective of this research paper was to write about something one felt strongly about. And music was my answer. Here I express my passion for music and how it affects my life. You may use it for any information you need.

Private schools are available to those who can afford them and as it is, I feel local governments are best suited to address the needs of their own communities.

In order to understand the comprehensive notions of linguistic prestige we have to appreciate the different variables that are directly linked to language, as well as the resulting assessments that are attributed with the speaker.

A discussion of the social and political views of Harold and Maude.

The consequences of colonial education, research and political administration can only be counteracted by formerly colonized peoples.

Africa and Ousmane Sembene - A Look at Social Status, Class and Race. This paper analyzes Ousmane Sembene - the father of African Cinema movies and considers the aspects of social status, class and race.

The life of famed "b-movie" director Russ Meyer was a turbid one, and his films depict subject matter no less turbid. Despite the focus most play on the large amounts of nudity contained within, them, Meyer's films can be seen as criticisms on society.