Essays Tagged: "inferior position"

Inequality as a Female Slave.

em of their homes, and treated them as sub-human. White men created certain measures to insure this inferior position of slaves. Not only were legal measures and laws set up, but also slaveholders est ... omponents, one slave and black, the other white and free" (McLaurin 111). White supremacy and black inferiority seeped into the laws of the national government as measures like the Three-fifths Compro ...

(5 pages) 127 0 4.1 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Mary Louise Pratt's "Art's of the Contact Zone"

efforts in a new light. Jacobs undertook her endeavor with the understanding she was coming form an inferior position and trying to gain the respect and response from those perceived to be superior to ...

(4 pages) 56 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The role of women in the odyss

ganized, directed, and controlled by men, and it was accepted that women occupied a subservient and inferior position. Women, of course, were valued, but were expected to possess certain traits and pe ... als were dominated by men.In The Odyssey women are unequal, treated differently, and are considered inferior to men. Throughout the epic women are not given an appropriate amount of respect by men. Th ...

(5 pages) 8 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

The role of women in the odyss

ganized, directed, and controlled by men, and it was accepted that women occupied a subservient and inferior position. Women, of course, were valued, but were expected to possess certain traits and pe ... als were dominated by men.In The Odyssey women are unequal, treated differently, and are considered inferior to men. Throughout the epic women are not given an appropriate amount of respect by men. Th ...

(5 pages) 4856 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature