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Cultural Dimensions Effect on International Business

A study to investigate the "influence of individual cultural orientation on the effectiveness and demand for auditing" carried out by Kachelmeier and Shehata revealed that, in situations of low anonymity, self-interest is likely to be [...]
  • Subjects: Multiculturalism
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1205

Cultural Relativism and Cultural Values

Cultural relativism is the study of the part that values play in shaping cultures in different societies. It is clear that the values held by each different culture create the foundations of their moral structure.
  • Subjects: Cultural Issues
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 594

Course Outcomes: Vietnamese Culture and Experiences

While through different historical documents and fictional novels discussing the events of the mid 1960s and analyzing the fiction literature of the nineteenth century, it is possible to track the most important events happened in [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 545

The Admiration and Uniqueness of Iroquois Culture

This paper explores the uniqueness of the Iroquois culture and the reason it is widely admired by many people in the world today. The different tribes in the Iroquois League helped a lot in the [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1359

Magic and Ritual: “Of Water and the Spirit” by Malidoma Somé

Personally, the highlights of the true meaning of birth among the Burkina Faso Dagara community, the kidnapping by Jesuit missionaries, the effort to indoctrinate Some' with the God of Christians, and his initiation when he [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1159

Popular Culture in the History of the USA

The problems discussed in the movies and considered in the TV shows and newspapers were connected with the war battles with the representation of the life of the soldiers.
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1119

Creating a Theory of Cultural Literacy

It is uniformly, if not more, essential to be capable of communicating using the general idioms and references of the culture which people of that culture practice. It is thus essential that culture literacy is [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Issues
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1025

Ethnic Groups and Orientalism

Orientalism is a term used in reference to a style of thought based on a distinction between the orient and the west. Orientalism is a factor in the political and economic development of the west.
  • Subjects: Cultural Diversity
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

China Cultural Analysis: Family Harmony and Social Life

The temperatures are higher in the south in comparison to the north. However, it is important to underscore the importance of the legal framework in reference to the role it plays in streamlining relations in [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1729

Culture and Politics of the Country of Mexico

In Mexico, there are usually different levels of elections, that is, the presidential elections, the congressional elections, and the State elections.
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 569

Honor Killing in Islam

One of the factors that determine whether a question of honor leads to an honor killing is the relationship between Muslims and their community members.
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 850

Fantasies of the Master Race

The paper contrast the coverage the industry has given the white Americans with that of the Native Americans. The misrepresentation of the Native American culture in the commercial cinemas in the United States has occurred [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 545

Ethnicity Problems in United States

In this regard, the most effective way of fighting against racial discrimination was through political participation. In this regard, the most effective way of fighting against racial discrimination was through political participation.
  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1606

The Breakdown of Indigenous Culture in Australia

The settlement of the Europeans in Australia had superficial effects on the Aboriginal groups in the continent. The colonialists claimed that the main aim of the close supervision was to protect the Aborigines from the [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Cultures
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2206

Popular Culture: The Use of Phones and Texting While Driving

Given that rituals and stereotypes are a part of beliefs, values, and norms that society holds at a given instance of history, the use of phones in texting while driving has rituals and stereotypes associated [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Issues
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 313

American Popular Culture: The Influence of Stereotypes

In dance for instance, ballet is believed to be a preserve of affluent people in the society and predominantly white while 'break dancing' is believed to be a preserve of African-Americans in less affluent sections [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Cultures
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 848

The Use of the Cell Phone While Driving

Indeed, many of the culprits of this dangerous practice are teens and the youth, ordinarily the most ardent expressers of popular culture in a society.
  • Subjects: Worldwide Cultures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 584

Tattoos and shaping of desirable body

In the ancient period people adopted many cultural practices and the use of tattoos was one of them. Pilgrim tattoos also became popular in the middle ages, and it was part of the devotional tattoos.
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  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2716

Discovering the Humanities

The interaction between the Americans who are referred to as the 'westerners' had massive effect on the culture of Africans more than among the Indians and China as a result of the resistance they subjected [...]
  • Subjects: Study of Cultural Differences
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 748

Culture Jamming

This issue has been carefully examined in media that specifically focuses on the development and transformation of the counterculture which, in its turn, has provoked the expansion of capitalism, has introduced innovation to mainstream culture, [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Issues
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1982

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Dependency

According to the thesis, it is not right for one community to force its rule unto another person from a different community. The other flaw of this thesis is that, people who advocate for change [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Issues
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

What is Different to us, is the Same to Others

Due to overbearing variations between the internalized and foreign cultures, such individuals suffer from an allay of often negative experiences, including the strain and stress of adapting to the new culture, a profound sense of [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Diversity
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1415

Swiss vs. US Cultural Diversity

In the United States, although the official language is English, the regions that are dominated by Mexican American the use speak Spanish often compared to English.
  • Subjects: Cultural Diversity
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

Latinos and African Americans: Friends or Foes?

The People with Two Hearts: Between American and Spain One of the most peculiar things about the Latin Americans, or Hispanics, is the fact that they manage to keep their culture highly worshipped and yet [...]
  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2976

Maintaining a Diverse Heritage in America

In order for a nation to remain one, the people have to accept the diversity of cultures in the nation and appreciate each other's culture.
  • Subjects: Cultural Diversity
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 617

Overview of the Native American Culture

Apart from the high standards of quality attained from products of Native American art, the contemporary artists working in literary fields is a source of pride Survival According to Belgrad, the American Indian is branded [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1038

Historical US Relationships With Native American

The Native Americans mostly reside on western states, south, and the mid West; this distribution reveals the outcomes of the historical pattern of settlement and relocation of the American Indians to the western and southern [...]
  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 1387

No Reparations for Blacks for the Injustice of Slavery

Due to the extreme suffering that the black slaves went through, and the fact that, the U.S.government took a very long time to apologize to the Black community; there has been numerous campaigns to compensate [...]
  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1378

The Cultural Patterns of the Mexican Americans

The continued colonization of the Mexican Americans in the form of low-wage jobs for the better part of the 20th century was met with resistance and protest by the Mexican Americans as they endeavored to [...]
  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1370

Popular American Culture: Development and Changes

In nature, human beings are social animals; therefore, they would seize any opportunity to socialize and this explains why many people are members of one or more social networking sites.
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 607

Multicultural Differences in Modern World

Among other concepts, ethnic identity and acculturation have been pointed out as the most crucial in enhancing the understanding of cultural differences, particularly by social and psychological researchers.
  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1234

My father’s black pride

In that regard, people should be knowledgeable in the traditions and moral principles of their family and the group they belong to.
  • Subjects: Cultural Issues
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 584

African American Ethnic Group

The environmental setup of the black people in America did not allow them to question the deeds of the white man and the inequalities they met.
  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 668

Analysis of Gypsy Life

As a member of a wandering band, Kumpania, which was part of the Gypsies, Jan Yoors stands the best chance to confirm or discard some of the claims that have been made about the Gypsies [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Cultures
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1212

The Sunni-Shiite Ethnic Conflict

The Sunni and the Shiite are the two main Islamic groups, although the Sunnis are many as compared to the Shiite population.
  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1332

Redneck Culture

This is not true; redneck culture represents a way of life of the southern people and may include other people too.
  • Subjects: Study of Cultural Differences
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1391

Ethnic Groups and discrimination

In line with Takaki's writing on a "A different mirror", the Native Americans were as a result of settlements by people of various ethnic groups such as Africans, pilgrims and Asians in the nineteen sixties.
  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 696

My First Spurlock Museum Exhibit

Because of such inconstancy of images, the Spurlock Museum presents this exhibit with one of the possible and probably the most important masks the mask of lion.
  • Subjects: Worldwide Cultures
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

Barong and Rangda: An Exhibit at the Spurlock Museum

East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania is considered to be one of the most captivating galleries in the Spurlock Museum; it presents a lot of interesting and clear information that provides visitors with opportunities to [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1805

The Aspects of Hispanic History and Culture

S history emphasize on how the British colonies of North America were found and their subsequent growth, their gaining of independence in 1776 and the east to west growth of the U.S.
  • Subjects: Worldwide Cultures
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1137

Ethnic Groups and Conflicts

On the other hand, the conflicts in the two American continents originate from the fact that the whites are historically known to have been the slave masters of the blacks.
  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1103

Canadian Stereotypes

On the cover of the novel Canadian stereotypes, there will be the image of the maple leaf bag. The image of the maple leaf bag will represent both the flag and the history of the [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Cultures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 547

Visit to the Jewish/Hebrew Historical Sites

The Western Wall, situated in the Old City of Jerusalem, is a remnant of the wall that once marked the boundaries of the Jewish Temple's courtyard, and is regarded as one of the holiest places [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Cultures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 600

Wedding in the UAE

The preparation for the wedding in the UAE is a long process, and the wedding ceremony is the great beautiful act which consists of several stages.
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  • Subjects: Holidays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

The White Dilemma in South Africa

This is what presented the dilemma in that how were the white people who remained in South Africa after the apartheid supposed to be treated by the black people who had been ill treated previously [...]
  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1238

Cultural Competence Among Professionals

Cultural competence is the ability of an individual to be aware of the social, economic, religion, and political practices of different groups of people.
  • Subjects: Cultural Issues
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 580

The Mystery of Chinese Culture: Behind the Walls of White

Analyzing the denotation of the room design, one must mention that the spirit of Chinese traditions and beliefs still can be traced here, despite the influence of the modern ideas and trends which is evident [...]
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1148

Efficient Intercultural Interaction and Communication

This way, they will be able to learn the different languages and this is important for communication and good co-existence in the societies. The kind or number of affiliations that a person may have with [...]
  • Subjects: Multiculturalism
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Syncretism in the American Culture

First of all, it would interfere the development of the country and it could probably lead to the emergence of several independent states on the territory of the United States.
  • Subjects: Cultural Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

Concepts of Development of Jewish Culture

The paper examines the gradual development of the Jewish culture and the contract of the Jewish Culture among different Jewish communities.
  • Subjects: Worldwide Cultures
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 849

African American Studies

The studies ought to apply distinctive and appropriate analytical techniques that assist in studying of specific circumstances that captures and accounts for experiences of all the major societies of the African Diaspora especially outside the [...]
  • Subjects: Ethnicity Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 878