Tag: Culture
Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God is set in the 1920's, before secularism became dominant. It begins with the image of a mask, when he...
Analysis of the Human Cultural Identity
This paper is intended to contain the analysis of the human cultural identity, as seen in the following five historical cultural periods: Enlightenment Culture;...
Cultural Diversity in Business
In their eagerness to avoid the courts and editorial pages, most firms in America, and increasingly in Europe, now pay close attention to the...
Chinese and American tradition
Throughout the book, the conflict between the mothers, their Chinese tradition, and language and the daughters, their American tradition, and language are evident. Suyuan...
Multicultural Education Essay
America has long been called "The Melting Pot" due to the fact that it is made up of a varied mix of races, cultures,...
Plains Indians Essay
For many tribes of Plains Indians whose bison-hunting culture flourished during the 18th and 19th centuries, the sun dance was the major communal religious...
Cultural Relativism Essay
The thesis of meta-ethical cultural relativism is the philosophical viewpoint that there are no absolute moral truths, only truths relative to the cultural context...
The Kalapalo Indians of Central Brazil
The Kalapalo Indians of Central Brazil are one of a few surviving indigenous cultures that is uniquely protected by a national reserve in lowland...
What is Y2K and What Effect Did It Present On Modern Culture
Two seemingly small digits may turn January 1, 2000 from a worldwide celebration into a universal nightmare. Affecting companies worldwide, many pay millions upon...
History of the counterculture
The 1950's in America were considered a true awakening of youth culture. If this is true then the 1960's was a decade of discovery....
Symbols Of Herbalism
Using plants for medical purposes is an idea that has been around throughout history. Many different types of peoples, cultures, and religions use what...
The Many Types Of Cults
There are many types of cults in the world, cults are everywhere but you just do not see them. Every person in the world...
The Chinese Culture
This report is about the myths and beliefs of the Chinese culture. It's about the stories the Chinese created to explain the world around...
Speak Your Mind: The Censorship Controversy in American Culture
On a rainy morning in Detroit, Michigan, a twenty-something year old man by the name of Marshall Mathers awakes to hear a pounding on...
The Day of the Dead
Imagine yourself in a cemetery, commemorating your great-grandpa. Dia De Los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) is celebrated in Mexico on November 2nd....
Egypt and Mexican Culture
For many centuries people have been fascinated by ancient cultures and treasures. During the last two centuries the science of archeology and modern inventions...
American Indian Stories
It was approaching dusk as the conspicuous line of dark vans entered the reservation. These vehicles served the purpose of furnishing transportation for about...
Is High Culture Superior to Popular Culture, and if so Why
For about a century, Western Culture has really been divided into two cultures, the traditional type of ‘high culture’ and a ‘mass culture’ manufactured...
The Bull Fighting
The immediate reaction of many non-Spanish people to bull fighting is that it is sick, animal killing, unmoral entertainment. To many others around the...
The Differences In The Cultures
This paper outlines the differences in the cultures of the United States versus Asian Indian and Vietnamese cultures. I will look at these countries...
Burial Practices of the Ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman Cultures
Ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman practices of preparing the dead for the next cradle of humanity are very intriguing. These two cultures differ in a...
The Importance of Bonds Shown Through Sema in Greek Song Culture
The Homeric epic, Odyssey, begins with the invocation of the muse. The muses are the goddesses of total recall. Their name is "a reminder"...
Cultural Diversity in the Armenian Community
The cultural context for the Armenian person is the result of upholding and defending a way of life and values that have been maintained...
The Life of the Egyptian Bedouins
The Bedouin people of Egypt can easily be described as a people with no place to call a home. Studying the Bedouins show that...
The Essence Of Pop Culture
I spent some time online trying to answer my question and time after time I was led to the same direction: pop culture is...
Culture vs Race
Anthropologists have always had their discrepancies with the word culture and its background significance. There have been numerous definitions that have filtered through the...
Egypt, A Mixture Of Well Educated And Uneducated People
The majority of people have various ways of viewing cultures. Because of close-mindedness and lack of cultural education, people have a difficult time interacting...
The Kalapalo Indians of Central Brazil
The Kalapalo Indians of Central Brazil are one of a few surviving indigenous cultures that are uniquely protected by a national reserve in lowland...
Rave Culture and Its Effects on Popular Culture
What is a rave? Raving is a highly subjective experience. One person's best rave is another person's worst. Any attempt to analyze rave culture...
Cause of the Culture wars
Even a casual observer of the American culture cannot help but be impressed by the increasing degree of polarization not only of American politics,...
Types of cults in the world
Cults There are many types of cults in the world, cults are everywhere but you just do not see them. Every person in the...
A look at cults
On November 18, 1978, in a cleared-out patch of the Guyanese jungle, Reverend Jim Jones ordered the 911 members of his flock to kill...
Ethnocentricity and Jan Pettman
Jan Pettman (1986:6) claims that ethnocentricty "is a vital ingredient inaracist ideology" and upon contemplation, she is probably correct. D'Souza(1996:522) is right when he...
An Overview of Aging and Existing Cultural Differences
Society predetermines a specific life course for each person of their community. Missing any stage of this course is detrimental to the development of...
