Essays about Culture Page 34

The thought of eating toasted ants, fried frog legs, monkey’s brains, puppies and kittens is disturbing in the culture that I am used to. However, it is justifiably in many cultures out there; therefore in that case, my opinion is indeed relative. Cultural relativism is the view that individual beliefs and values systems are culturally…

The definition of normal cause’s great controversy, especially with what society portrays it to be. With all the racial and cultural diversity the world has today, the American portrayal still lingers in Americans minds today. This idea of normal carries stereotypes and a lot of ignorance. Although cultures are different, they all come with a…

Culture Assimilation 1) Definition of the topic: In the article The Importance of ‘Community’ in the Process of Immigrant Assimilation. ” International Migration Review by Joseph P. Fitzpatrick it explains how there is two steps to assimilating which are, cultural assimilation and social assimilation. It defines cultural assimilation as “adapting to values, norms, and expectations”…

Self-awareness is an initial step to understand the variations of cultures. It could help an individual to realize the essentials of his or her own culture that are usually neglected in daily life. In this essay, I would like to explore the Vietnamese culture under my own reflection and express my opinions about cultural variation…

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…

The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, takes place during the witch trials in Salem, at the time an isolated village in Massachusetts. The Crucible is concerned with who has power, the shift of that power and how people both use and abuse the concept of power on a personal, social and political leveli…

                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…

Shakespeare wrote the play ‘Romeo and Juliet in the early 1600s, when it would have shocked the audience watching its performances because of the dramatic effect created by the social context of those times. It is often considered to be one of the most tragic love stories of all time, and in my opinion it…

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…