Culture Essays

British who enlightened the world into a civilized peak of human existence through its invention, discoveries, and other intellectual contribution of human existence could not predict the outcome of the liberal state policy of multicultural integration. On the other hand, Britain takes pride to extend its cooperative hand of interdependence and sharing the common ideas, resources, and heritage.

Discriminating against the ill not only impacts negatively on the health of the mentally ill, but also affects their ability to cope with the mental health challenges. Therefore, it would be a good thing if societies learn to embrace people with mental health problems because mental health problems are diseases like any other and can be managed with proper care and assistance of the people.

“Crimes are what we commit. Diseases are biological processes which happen to our bodies. Mixing these two concepts by defining behaviours we disapprove of as diseases is a bottomless source of confusion and corruption". The blurring of boundaries between character defect and mental illness has had damaging effects on psychiatric patients. 

During the early ages, these trading companies, once in a foreign land, used to try influencing the ruling class in order to strengthen their business goals. Gradually these companies also succeeded in capturing power in those countries, thus giving rise to the practice of imperialism. British companies were at the forefront of such practices in those early days leading to a situation when most parts of the world were ruled by Britain.

For Latinos, religion is an important factor in everyday life, with the church influencing family life and social dynamics. Although other faiths have experienced great growth within the Latino population in recent years, approximately 90% of the Spanish-speaking community around the world is Roman Catholic. 

Hesiod’s accounts on Prometheus are based on the traditional evil principles, like theft and the consequence of this evil act on mankind (Graf, 1996). Most of the time Hesiod utilized symbolical things like fire and destruction that was hard to be decoded by an ordinary individual to understand these principles. 

Better evidence is available from the attitudes of the Japanese high command, the officer corps and the ordinary troops that were found in the specific circumstances of the war. Besides, the values espoused and the characteristics narrated and desired can be found by any military group in any part of the world. 

Genre organizes the work of culture, including the procedures of a given organization, and influences the way consumer’s opinion and taste of the product (Ahlkvist and Faulkner, 2002). It is therefore vital to look at the genre from the perspective of audiences’ expectations, features of the text, and industrial production.

Brahms debuted his first symphony during his early 20 in 1876, which gained recognition as Beethoven 10th. He finished his second symphony in 1877, his violin concerto in 1879. He finished his second piano in 1881. His repetitive compositions earned him a reputation as the greatest composer of the Romantic Period. 

The term, however, has got different meanings depending on who is defining it as well as the context of definition or use. It is recognized as the culture of the people or they're vernacular that predominates within a certain society during a point in time. According to Brummett (2006), the culture involves the social life aspect that the public is most actively involved.

Since time immemorial, music has played a number of major roles, ranging from entertainment, preservation of culture, and expression of ideas.

After the demise of King Prasutagus (AD 50-60), though, the Roman overseers in Britain made the Iceni a subject populace. In Iceni, Boudicca was a true combatant ruler. In 60-61 A.D., she enthused and directed the biggest rebellion in opposition to Romans in Britain. Rome had got the wrong impression of Boudicca and the Iceni. 

Despite the fact that the Shoshone regularly camped in the area, the land had been declared as being in the public domain by the United States government and Bancroft reports how the local natives were unhappy at having settlers fence off parts of their land. There were a number of incidents in which people from both sides were killed, but according to Bancroft, the Mormon aim was not to overcome but to convert the natives to their cause.  

People acquire these foreign values when they are taught in schools using the western education system and language, buy foreign products, and become audiences of foreign media. Some countries have borne the full brunt of the adverse effects of globalization on national identities. These include Singapore and Australia.

The influence of America’s products in countries like Russia and China, countries held as superpowers by the developing countries, contributes a lot in enhancing cohesion and integration of states to the formation of a global culture. Australia is one of the counties on the receiving end of these products especially from America’s food giant, McDonald's, having its affiliates in Russia.

The official "Wahhabi" religion of Saudi Arabia has converged with specific areas of Salafism. There are currently exceptional differences in the middle of gatherings and individual researchers about the "genuine" Salafism, the researchers who bolster the Saudi assaulting foundations like al-Qaeda as "Qutbists" taking after Sayyid Qutb or takfiris.

Cultures define the ethnicity of people in a country and communities differentiating them from each other. However, migration, colonialism, and trade influence the historical cultures of a country by the people who settle in regions within the country. The American culture is characterized by Unique Pop, dialect, folklore music, cuisine, arts, and social habits.

Multiculturalism calls for the extension of equitability in the status of all ethnic groups and religions but not promoting the values of any single religious group or cultural community. Culture defines the way of life of people which includes their beliefs and their ways of doing things (Robert 1997).

As the paper tells, there are and will always be varied sources of conflict in the world, but cultural identities are the primary source of animosity. Culture has been linked to civilizations, and every civilization always feels like whatever qualities and traits they possess are the best (Huntington 1993, p. 22–49).

It compliments popular art in their marriage because the avant-garde culture and behavior have an easier approach to taking art away from the elitism of the gallery system and connect it with life. In addition, where high art lost to popular culture, the avant-garde has not since it does manage to introduce serious critiques.

The emergence of popular culture in the form of music can be evaluated by considering theories of industrialization and of cultural studies. Popular culture is a broad term that incorporates common aesthetic or life practices in qualitative and statistical dimensions. However, modern-day theorists regard popular culture as a common tradition.

Since anyone could recreate what they saw with the press of a button, painters began to experiment more with ways of representing things that were not realistic and couldn’t be reproduced through photography. Shapes and forms took prominence, and there was less and less emphasis on recreating anything realistically.

Chinese Diasporas are individuals of Chinese descent who do not live within the China region. A Chinese is an individual who has citizenship within the People’s Republic of China or the Republic of China. Most of the Chinese Diasporas might not essentially identify with either People’s Republic of China or the Republic of China.

This paper tells that culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) groups worldwide tend to experience similar issues and concerns that relate to cultural identity, racism and discrimination, and acculturation and are less likely to use family welfare and health services (Lum, 1992, p86) in the presence of such issues. 

Clothing, transportation, and sports are some of the great beneficiaries of western cultural products. Western civilization is also associated with many existing in the modern world. Apparently, western cultural products have improved the way people live and their positive effects outshine the negative effects hence their popularity.

The concept of equality and fraternity can not be promoted by the multicultural policies because the more the groups are emphasized, the more they become socially isolated. According to Galligan & Roberts (2003), people will form a viable and vibrant political community only by sharing a common culture and heritage.

There are those who believe that Australia does have a national identity. The debate about Australian national identity has continued for many years, yet no amicable agreement has been attained between the two factions. There is, therefore, a need to re-evaluate this particular issue in a deeper manner in order to provide the true meaning of what it means to be Australian.

Every season eh introduced a new clothes line and met with success. He had to expand to accommodate an exclusive clientele. For his American venture, his designs were tailored differently. He himself was fond of dressing up for occasions and he loved to attend the balls. Dior died of a heart attack while holidaying at Montecatini.

Globalization and increased international trade have opened up global foreign cultures. In this regard, unlike in the last three decades when cultures were classified and distinct based on the region and ancestry, increased cultural education and awareness have improved cultural perceptions among nations.

The manga comics, through the portrayal of their real-life heroes actually convey the message of inevitability to the readers. No matter how strong or capable a person is, he has to pass through all the ordeals that a human being is destined to face. This is how, actually, the process of living life is done, and this is how we celebrate our humanness. 

It is also even more difficult to understand how one’s cultural background affects our communication styles with people from our own culture as well as with people from other cultures.  With the aim of understanding cultural communication fully, the following will provide a nice overview of my own cultural background.  

This was certainly true of Vietnam as a generation of soldiers, students, and citizens took to the media where a battle raged for the possession of the war's social construction. Singers such as Green Beret Barry Sadler squared off against the anti-war guitar army in an effort to gain control of the public's support.  

Hodkinson writes an in-depth grounded-theory research book on the Goth or Gothic subculture, focusing on aspects of the culture founded in dance, music, cultural expressions, fashion, mannerisms, slogans, and other aspects of culture or subculture as it is presented information and rejection of the mainstream culture.

In the context of multiculturalism dissimilarity and difference cease to be considered as "alien", becoming simply "another". In 1970ss it has been stated as official ideology and policy in Canada and Australia, from the beginning of 1990ss the agenda of multiculturalism develops in the USA, is extended in many countries of Western Europe in the context of amplifying globalization.

Globalization is free to flow and cross-national flows of Capital, goods, and technology. According to the globalist, globalization leads to imperialism that creates inequality between conflicting states, classes, and markets. The capitalist countries use the cheap resources of the poor countries for their gains and create social polarization and serve a political purpose.

Stephan Edwin King, the American novelist, and short-story writer have explored nearly every terror – producing theme, ranging from vampires to rabid dogs and deranged killers to ghosts, in his writings which have been much admired by readers from all over the world and which have sold more than a hundred million copies.

There are four different typological groups into which the Egyptian luster-painted wares may be divided. This is on the basis of their ceramic bodies in which they differ radically. Islamic stone paste technology and the tin opacification of pottery glazes in the Fatimid period play a key role in the production of luster-painted ceramics.

Most of the people celebrating this are remembering the dear ones who have departed from their family. It is only through this festival that once in a year they believe that they come closer to all those who have departed from their families. Some of them even keep favorite food and drinks for the soles will be visiting them during the festival.

Although not particularly groundbreaking for our current time, at the time in which the book was published, little emphasis was currently being paid to the level and extent to which cross-cultural understanding, norms, and transmission took place, influenced immigrant and native alike, and served to differentiate one from another.

The Caribbean people have outstandingly inventive music skills. Every island has a different rhythm.  Reggae, merengue, calypso, salsa (in different versions from Cuba and Puerto Rico), compas, souk, and soca. We may find more than one rhythm too, but almost all are upbeat, fast, thrilling and bouncy.

setup describes the composition of most Arab immigrants into Australia. There are several cultural interactions encountered by this couple as they seek a greener and safe environment for their daughter’s growth. Iraq is among the countries affected by the Middle East crisis in early 2009. Due to unsafe and poor living environments, most professionals from Iraq migrated to different parts of the world.

Museums preserve living and non-living natural objects and different human artefacts that help in knowing and understanding the past, thereby advancing knowledge and the human spirit. Museums could be privately owned or under the government but the mission remains the same – to preserve the historical objects and educate the generations to come.  

The question requires one to 'build an argument that Western popular culture outside the USA is one of the following: a) primarily American in nature, b) primarily British, European, or multicultural in nature, or c) universal in nature'. Again, it would be a very superficial exercise to trichotomize the content of the essay in this fashion.

China is a socialist nation that has changed its ways and moved to a semi-open market due to the globalization movement and the necessity to increase its national income to meet the needs of a very large population. The nation has a traditional culture in which the citizens put the needs of the group ahead of their personal desires.

This research explores important issues concerning cultural heritage for indigenous people. The introduction sets the tone for the research it paves way for the literature review that evaluates what pertains to the cultural heritage of indigenous communities. The understanding of cultural heritage and what it involves has been outlined.

This paper has highlighted the ways in which specific philosophical positions of medieval Christianity has impacted the aesthetic values of the period. After the dark ages, a shift towards monastic and austere lifestyles with a focus on devotional activities has caused concurrent values to be reflected in the art and craft of the Middle Ages.  

While traditional forms continue to attract their own crowds and funding, contemporary dance has embraced Western contemporary dance, African dance, Hip-Hop, social dance, South Asian dance, street dance as well as great traditional forms of dance such as Irish dancing, Highland dancing, and Morris dancing. 

Rajagopal (2004) states that markets, media and techniques of violence are the worm-holes of the late imperial formation of today. He further points out to the belief in general about the policies of the US and its preference for dictatorships governments overseas through its own form of government is democratic.

The author states that wilderness at first advanced within the UK breakbeat hard cork scene however was intensely affected by North American hip jump, and Jamaican reggae and raga. Huge numbers of the scene's initial makers were included in the London reggae and hip bounce sound framework society and joined reggae and raga sounds.

It developed from necessity when foreign invaders took control and banned weapons but have been sustained throughout the centuries because of its many peripheral benefits including compassionate spiritual and philosophical thought, self-discipline and control and the union of mind, body, and nature.