Essays about Culture Page 34

In choosing two countries to compare culturally, India and Japan seemed the most appropriate as my place of business works with these cultures more than others. Given the knowledge I have of both cultures, I expected to see glaringly apparent differences between the two. However, even though there are a few opposing cultural dimensions, these…

With the arrival of the 1920’s, new battles fought between traditionalist rural society and modernist urban civilization arose in the postwar United States. These urban-rural culture wars of this time period represent the everlasting conflict between conservatives and liberals. The 1920 census demonstrated to traditionalists that their views were under attack by the modernists who…

The term subsistence agriculture refers to a self contained and self sufficient unit where most of the agricultural production is consumed and some may be sold in local market is sold. Characteristics of subsistence agriculture The main characteristics of traditional or subsistence agriculture in brief are as follows: (1) Land use . Traditional farms are very…

When comparing the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck to the 1939 film version directed by Milestone, it is evident that one is a print text and the other is a visual text. Analyzing a visual text involves considering camera angle, sound, lighting, editing, and mise en sc�ne. On the other hand, when…

In the world of cultural studies, there is a balance. There is a balance, especially, in the continuum of the relationship between the concepts of cultural relativism and ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism is defined as “a point of view that one’s own way of life is to be preferred above all others” (Rosado). This is an interesting…

Within Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” story, Monsieur Loisel demonstrates self-sacrificing behavior; Monsieur Loisel gives up his comfort, assets, and desires for the sake of Madame Mathilde Loisel. To this end, Monsieur Loisel uses some money he has inherited from his father to purchase a replacement for Madame Loisel’s misplaced necklacei Moreover, Monsieur Loisel gives…

                The dawn of the 21st century signaled the complexity and diversity of cultures, including in the area of health care.             Nursing, as a medical profession, holds a vital part in satisfying the patient’s need of getting well. It is the nurse that occasionally visits and attends to the patients more than the attending…

It is always troublesome not to understand another culture, especially, in New York City where we live in a society that is rapidly changing. The City has increasingly brought people of various cultures, to interact closer with each other. This interaction can be either positive or negative depending on the level of sensitivity and respect…

                                                             Abstract The age of youth has been specially debated by cross-section of society under subjects of sociology, psychology, anthropology, and biology in the modern times. The children growing in US face more conflicts of identity than those in other protected countries.  This gives rise to segregation into groups sharing similar traits called culture. Art,…

The subjective nature of considering one’s own culture as the universal standard for judging all others is influenced by our immersion in our own culture. This ethnocentrism arises from comparing another culture to our own values that we believe are superior. The parallax phenomenon prevents us from objectively analyzing different cultures due to our inability…