Oriental studies Essays

  • Mandarin Oriental Case Study

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    INTRODUCTION Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is a luxury hotel line which owns and manages hotels and residences (linkedin.com, n.d.). They currently have 45 hotels and 15 residences and are steadily continuing to grow (Mandarinoriental.com, n.d.). Excellent quality and service are absolutely essential; Mandarin Oriental’s states, “Our mission is to completely delight and satisfy our guests. We are committed to making a difference every day; continually getting better to keep us the best” (Mandarinoriental

  • Orientalism

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    apprentices, the overseers, the observers. The Orient was quiescent; the West was dynamic. This is a rather unfortunate position both for the West and the 'Orient'. The students used their position of perceived understanding to further compel 'Oriental' people into subservience while simultaneously justifying their actions. They protected their conscience by convincing themselves that the 'Orient' was incapable of running itself, thus their territory must be administered for them. "It dose

  • Mandarin Oriental Hotel Case Study

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    The company Established in Hong Kong in 1963, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is and international hotel investment and management group operating ten hotels in the Asia-Pacific region. The company manages each of these hotels and has significant ownership interests in all but Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco and the Phuket Yacht Club Hotel and Beach Resort, Thailand. Mandarin Oriental’s overall corporate quality goal is to achieve a level of excellence that sets the group apart from all

  • Orientalism In Oriental Literature

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    on the ground of understanding the enlightenment, realism, and erudition of the Oriental literature, is generally considered to be a reflection of America’s commercial relations with the Orient. It was the beginning of the Orientalism in American readership and ramified into four major theoretical approaches: Old Orientalism (O.P. Kejriwal).New Orientalism (Edward Said).Orientalism (David Canadine. Subaltern Studies (Gyatri Spivak) and Appropriate Model of Orientalism (Raymond Schwab). These models

  • The Gravity of Orientalism

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    representations of the Orient are available in a lot of condensed forms, and are simpler and more effective than before. The concept of Orientalism is a European created mirror reflecting itself. The Orientalist described himself by defining the Oriental and this helped him be superior. The representation of the Orient through arts and literature empower the thought of Orientalism, and whereas people at large will write their own history, i feel this distorts the facts and results in misconceptions

  • Edward Said - Orientalism

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    political imperialism, and so on is very strong. The nexus of knowledge and power that creates "the Oriental" and in a sense establishes him as a human being is not (for me) an exclusively academic matter. I have been able to put to use my humanistic and political concern for the development and consolidation of Orientalism (p. 52). Works Cited Said, Edward W. 1978. "Orientalism." In Studies in Culture: An Introductory Reader, ed. Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan. London: Arnold, 1997, pp. 42-53.

  • Armand Fernandez

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    by his father. He took his Baccalauréat in philosophy and mathematics in 1946 and began to study painting at the École Nationale d'Art Décoratif, Nice. In 1947 he met Yves Klein and Claude Pascal in Paris and accompanied them on a hitch-hiking tour of Europe. Completing his studies in Nice in 1949, he enrolled as a student at the École du Louvre, where he concentrated on the study of archaeology and oriental art. His pictures at this time were influenced by Surrealism. In 1951 he became a teacher

  • A Simple Box

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    It is just an ordinary box. It sits in the corner of the lonesome room, like a cactus on a desert floor, among normal things like a lamp, an alarm clock, and a holy bible. With the box sitting on top of it, I could see the brown perimeter of the bible, like one sees a church steeple in a bank of clouds. The family bible is passed from generation to generation, as evidenced by the cracked leather and brown, rough edges like a cowboy’s face and hands. It is unclear to any stranger why such a boring

  • Cat Breeds to Choose From

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    You have the basic Oriental archetype of cat breeds and the basic European archetype of cat breeds. Within these two families of cat breeds you will find well over 80 types of cat. The Oriental type is a svelte creature. These cat breeds have angular features, longer limbs, thinner fur, bigger ears and are often talkative. Personality wise, they are know for being very friendly with their people, very smart and playful even as adults. Many experts believe that the Oriental cats are among the oldest

  • The Pride of Baghdad, The Lady and The Tramp, and The Persepolis

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    I am writing the analysis of three comics, which are, The Pride of Baghdad, The Lady and The Tramp, and The Persepolis. When I read The Pride of Baghdad and The Persepolis, I think that it is very fasctinating story. In my opinion, when I read The Pride of Bagdad, it reminds about the Iraq War. In addition, it also tells me on how terrible the war can be. Why comic becomes famous? Comic is sequential art or text. According to the Wikipedia, The Pride of Bahgdad is the graphic novel written by Brian

  • Disney Goes to Tokyo

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    market for Disneyland as the Japanese were aware about Disney characters and loved them. (Ancona, M1-16) Disneyland in Japan provided the experience of foreign travel without the usual time and cost (8/29 Slide-9). They had good division of labor as Oriental Land Company selected the site and made sure that the designs proposed by Disney adhered to the Japanese culture at the same time keeping it original. (8/29 Slide-10...

  • The Importance Of A Cat's Whiskers

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    Cats are definitely irresistible -- for cat lovers, at least -- and so are their whiskers. However, these are more than just an accessory on a cat’s face; they also serve an important purpose to their well-being. More than just facial hairs An article from Catster.com describes a cat’s whiskers as “the Swiss Army knife” of our feline friends. Not only they use their whiskers as a sensory and communication tool kit, they can accomplish certain feats with the help of their whiskers, too. Let’s get

  • American Studies

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    American Studies American Studies can be a variety of different meanings to a lot of different authors. They are all pretty much on the same note, but with different alterations. For me, I believe that it is to make connections between the past and how it will impact the future. American Studies has transformed overtime. Each individual has their own beliefs and feelings of what it really means. In Gene Wise’s article he states how he is interested in how the field of American Studies has transformed

  • Assumption of Theology Theories Tied to Religious Studies

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    Religious Studies Theology in its own right deserves a place amongst the scholastic attempts to put forth answers to the questions Hinnells deems as “meaning, truth, beauty and practice” (108), yet Rodrigues deciphers as “studying, reflecting on, systematizing, disseminating, defending and promoting one’s religion from within that tradition.” (35) Either way, it is assumed that theology is but a tool used to help the religious scholar interpret the difference between religion, religious studies and being

  • Leo Tolstoy

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    at Yasnya Polyana, in Tula Province, the fourth of five children. His parents died when he was young, and he was brought up by relatives. In 1844 Tolstoy started to study law and oriental languages at Kazan University, but he never earned a degree. Dissatisfied with the standard of education, he returned in the middle of his studies back to Yasnaya Polyana, and then spent much of his time in Moscow and St. Petersburg. After contracting heavy gambling debts, Tolstoy accompanied his older brother

  • Analysis Of Taymor And Shafika As A Chick Flick

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    women, and they have a female protagonist. However, slight changes exist depending on the origin of the film. Egyptian films are more determined on setting gender binaries than Hollywood films. Upon looking at an Egyptian Chick Flick from a Women’s Studies’ student’s point of view, it is way more engrossing, hence it is full of the standard chauvinistic ideals held by the Egyptian society. “Taymor and Shafika” is a fine example of the remarkably patriarchal works produced by the Egyptian film industry

  • The Life of Leo Tolstoy and its Great Impact on his Literary Works

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    16). While his aunts were still alive, they hired tutors to teach him out of Tolstoy's home (Tolstoi). After a few years of wandering about Russia, he recommenced his studies at sixteen years old at Kazan' University to study law and oriental language but preferred to educate himself independently and in 1847, he gave up his studies without finishing his degree (Troyat 28). His next fifteen years were very unsettled. Tolstoy returned to Yasnaya Polyana to manage the family estate, with the purpose

  • The Running and Functions of a Business

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    The Running and Functions of a Business For my business studies coursework we had to set up our own mini enterprise within the school boundaries. The coursework describes how a group of 14 girls from Chily High School for Girls got into small groups of about 14 pupils and set up their own business. The aim of the coursework was to help us understand how a business is run and how it functions. In order to raise capital for our business every member of the group contributed a small amount

  • Case Study of Euro Disney

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    Case Study of Euro Disney To this day, EuroDisney struggles to keep its doors open, while the American and European theme parks continue to thrive. My paper for my International Business course deals with the many problems that marked the opening of EuroDisney ... For years, the Disney theme park empire was built upon three crown jewels located in California, Florida, and Japan. Combining the familiar, family-friendly characters and images upon which the Disney reputation was built, with

  • An Analytical Report on Human Resources at HSBC Group Plc.

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    Terms of reference: This report is being produced to fulfil the criteria required for Unit four of the Advance Vocational Certificate of Education (AVCE) course in Business Studies. It will give a comprehensive overview of the way's in which the human resources function(s)', within businesses are organised and managed and how they operate, and an analytical insight into the human resource management team, of the business that I' am focusing on, which is HSBC Group Plc. The report will specifically