Culture Essays

The performers in both genre’s did not seek to elevate themselves above their audience, but to include themselves among the masses. This idea of inclusion would affect the world of music and theater as it developed work that was designed to mirror the lives of the working and lower classes. The economic power has overwhelmed the upper-class in shear numbers.

Almost all the characters in the series are inspired by Ocean creatures. This factor has influenced the color pattern of the animated series, in general, to be surreal. By the way, the objective of this essay is to critically analyze the dimension of color treatment in Spongebob Squarepants cartoon.

The author explains that parents openly discuss purification rites with the children and see it of utmost importance to initiate their children. The entire family has a common pursuit, desire to purify the body, which keeps them connected to each other. A third positive aspect is the fact that they put a lot of emphasis in cleansing the body.

Globalization has led to increasingly closely linked countries that are interdependent making it appear as a global village. Globalization has led to the spread of ideas and culture that before were isolated to certain regions and groups. This spread of ideas and culture has given rise to the rise of global culture.

American youth tends to cultivate a culture of friendship with the elderly and since equality is one of the fundamentals of friendship, the young ones tend to approach the elderly as their parallels. Unlike the Germans, the Americans don’t make much effort to learn foreign languages. The foreigners entering America learn the Americans’ language.  

Undoubtedly, the post can be agreed upon because, in the modern fashion flexed platform, it is complicated to provide distinctive quality and in this regard, Karl stands tall with his creative mind. However, Karl Lagerfeld had managed to work according to the traditions of Coco Chanel’s theme of style.

There are some occasions that are considered universal in nature, is celebrated the world over, like anticipating the coming of another New Year, remunerating on the birth of Jesus for Christians during Christmas, preparing to express undying adoration and love for a special someone during Valentine’s Day. Other social affairs are culture-specific. 

Places of historical-cultural importance bring many benefits to the wider community and shared opportunities and responsibilities for public participation. Buildings of cultural significance symbolize a community’s cultural capital. Intangibles circle, there are oral traditions, including language as a vehicle of the intangible cultural heritage. 

The expertise of the knowledge is usually associated with the spokesperson’s being preferred to the product being advertised. In most cases, the products that need expertise are usually complicated and sometimes are associated with high financial risk. For instance, product Dior is complicated; thus, it needs an expert spokesperson.

People have been afraid of death and they have often believed that the balance between life and death can be violated. It is noteworthy that the contemporary beliefs on the undead are dominated by the western monster, a zombie that is typical of American pop culture. This is the result of the spread of the American culture through media.

Schein says that culture can operate in at least three kinds of levels. They include behaviors and artifacts, values and beliefs and the other underlying values or assumptions. The races in Bastrop include whites, African-American, Native American, Asians, and others. When you study the level of the artifact you find.

Others choose poems all in a bid to attract attention on a social issue that requires change. Still, others prefer not to speak or sing but instead writing is the option they chose. Irrespective of the method chosen, the bottom-line is that art is indeed a powerful weapon capable of transforming societal issues.

According to the author, the intra-language variation used by the author is American English, reflected in the accent, dialect, and pronunciation. The author also highlights, from a dialectal perspective, author's English echoes the American variation due to his/her geographic provenance and the cultural context in which the author grew up.

The first key step in solving an ethical dilemma or issue is to first identify what the problem is. Once the problem has been identified and selected, it makes it easy to make a judgment. According to the scenario described, the ethical issue that arose was the fact that the neighbor’s car was taken without consent. That according to ethics is wrong.

The author states that Hofstede has inspired a great improvement in the discipline by specifying a theoretical model which serves to coordinate research efforts. Electronics, science, and technology-based on and concerned with the controlled flow of electrons or other carriers of electric charge, especially in semiconductor devices.

The exhibition, which is co-organized by the Vancouver Arts gallery and Diana Augaitis, shows the journey of Kimsooja from her infamous Bottari to more contemporary artistic styles that she has adopted in recent years. The famous Bottari, who catapulted her works to the international scene and limelight, uses fabric as the main material for her work.

The first requisite in counseling Afro-Americans is to understand that they represent a different group with different values than the whole class. Understanding their values is the core knowledge acquisition for their counseling. There are common values to all African Americans varying in the different classes of society among the African Americans.

Will Evans impatiently waits for the day when the railroads quit treating the family badly, but he knows his time is coming. When Will follows his father and the posse to Contention, Ben kills McElroy and disarms the posse. Ben tells them to all go home. Will sneaks up behind Ben and tells him to disarm.

The author of the text comments on the impact of the Afro-American culture, stating that the influence of the African American culture has imparted a highly influential impact on the American society with several implications. To be precise, different aspects of the Afro-American oral communication as a part of the American popular culture are analyzed in the paper.

Another type of theatre that can also be marked as the example of a direct theatre with space as setting up unconventional traditions is image theatre. It is easier to notice that in this type of the theatre, the character works as a statue, who completely beholds a symbolism of an issue or a subject of matter.  

This cannot support the position put forward by Rodriguez that the native language must be given up altogether. Whilst it is necessary for an ESL student to work extra hard and do practice exercises to develop fluency in English, bilingual education preserves native culture and ethnicity, issues which are also aims of the Affirmative Action Program.

I am sure that my stay in the United States will give me an opportunity to improve my personality due to the constant interaction with the liberalized American social life. This is the first time that I got an opportunity to know about what a secular democratic state like America can contribute to the world.

Historically, the ideas and practices of multiculturalism have sometimes been revered, and have sometimes brought up the fierce debate. Some people like the ideas of different identities working together, and some people like the ideas of national unity and monoculturalism better. While some nations and countries have taken a great liking to the ideas presented by multiculturalism, such as the United States. 

Movie stars and even specific directors, such as Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, are reserved a position within American society akin to royalty, with the multi-million dollar salaries they receive. With so much fanfare surrounding the cinema, the question as to what actually constitutes a quality film is highly complex.

Post-structuralism is a new school of thought and a critique of structuralism (Valdivia, 2004). The proponents of post-structuralism argue that the concept of “self” as a coherent, singular, separate entity and fictional. It argues that since culture and historical conditions lead to misinterpretation and bias if the structure is used.  

Arthur Schlesinger’s approach towards studying history discourages debate whose very process makes every participant grow.  What Schlesinger implies in his thesis of a single American identity is blind acceptance of the dominant history, excluding the minorities from the debate of what really an American identity is.    

Traits or stereotypes of the citizens of every country represent the overall culture of that country. One of the most common German traits is that German people are very specific; they do not give details while speaking about something. They just say what they have to say. On the other hand, the Indian style of speaking is somewhat sketchy. They usually speak more on the issues.

This article explicates some positive and admirable characteristic stereotypes associated with the Germans in comparison to the American traits. Fundamentally, Germans and Americans think differently in opposite ways. Germans stereotypically are keen to details. In this case, Germans need data for deductively reasoning and logical conclusions while on the other hand, Americans get impatient.  

The author of this essay was brought up to respect people of other cultures ever since he was a young child, so he personally has no problem with diversity. He has traveled to different parts of the globe because he wants to experience as many cultures as I possibly can. The author believes that we can all learn from other cultures.

To achieve the mission, environmentalists form economic and social organizations that fight for environmental protection through the assessment of human activities that are harmful to the environment. Over the past several decades, the need to have a safe environment for human habitation has made many people become conscious about the environment.

This paper will show how television shows formed the American culture more than the movies before 1960. Prior to the invention of the television in the 1930s, Americans had to go to cinemas and theatres for entertainment, which they had to pay for. However, in the late 1950s, 90 percent of American households owned a television set.

As a part of the Philippines' customs, the usual trend after meeting a visitor is to offer him food rather than simply greeting him. The typical diet in the Philippines culture consists of six meals in a day. This may include breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks after going to bed. Food acts as a symbol of friendship and the utmost hospitality. 

The narrator of this essay aims to donate that games bring people together, more so, those who share certain values, as well as the strangers or visitors. Because of this, some cultures identify with certain games. For instance, Lithuanian has a game called "Blind Chicken" and it identifies itself with it in all corners of the world.

The paper states that genre is characterized by twelve-bar blues progressions that include specific ‘blues notes’ which are played flattened or bent in relation to the traditional major scale. The exact term blues is derived from ‘blue devils,’ a term from a late 18th-century play which means sadness and melancholy.

A myth can be passed on to become a legend. This is because it will be transferred from person to person and it describes some truth about a culture. Additionally, it is based on a legend. On the other hand, a legend cannot be passed on to become a myth because myths have to originate from legends. Therefore, the reverse is impossible.

One of the interesting dances in Ghana is the dance called ‘Bamaya’. This dance is about a hungry man, who did not have money to buy food. So, he decided to steal some. Food was generally found where the women were, so he disguised himself as a woman to have easy access to the market, where he succeeded in stealing a chicken.

The population growth rate as estimated in 2008 was approx 3.6%. The death rate was high due to HIV/AIDS in this region. The death rate was 12.32 per thousand populations. Life expectancy at birth is 52.34 years for the total population. The population is a mix up of different ethnic groups. 

Japanese business was caused to change traditional ways of doing business to keep of with modern technology and thinking. The first response was to move away from lifetime employment and lay off some older staff to make way for the younger generation. Japan’s changing culture will force Japanese business to adopt foreign business practices.

Before the fateful occurrences of the three most significant revolutions in the world, namely the French Revolution, American Revolution, and Industrial Revolution, these vibrant works of art were exclusive for the eyes of the aristocrats; but because of technological growth and brisk societal changes, a new social class emerged.

Michael Byersuses imagery to show various features such as monuments, buildings, and status to enable the readers to visualize the story as they are reading. Through his narration, he allows readers to excavate entire American regions creating an inspirational and compelling theme to reflect on the history of this nation.

I noticed that Thais are attentive, and they are always ready to listen to one’s complaints, especially if you are a foreigner. A foreigner of Western origin is called a “farang”. And the general believe in Thailand is that farangs are rich, well-to-do and helpful. Therefore, Thai co-workers would be always glad to listen to an American manager. 

 It formed the basis of attaining leadership of the country in that no individual could impose himself or herself into leadership. It teaches morals and the importance of patience. The history of Korea through this story emphasizes to some extent the importance of woman and the human nature in a general view.

One of the elements is that the concerts showcase rich cultural aspects possessed by an array of groups across the world. Another appealing point is that concerts feature a lot of entertainment. However, all these depend on the theme that the concert has been accorded. One of the recent concerts is that which took place at the Adventist Church National City.

The telecommunication sector registers major changes that have led to the introduction of modern culture exhibited by people from different parts of the world. Considering the fact that many people spend more time in different forms of communication media, they get informed of the latest cultural trends from which they become informed and start to emulate for different reasons.

I was lucky to be in her company telling the story herself. She was storytelling how it occurred to her or more in an appropriate way how come she spotted an unknown or forgotten music icon. She introduces the icon as George Augusts Polgreen Bridgetower. He happened to be one of the best and the young Afro-American violinist of his time.

A feeling of perpetual disorientation and discord haunts the lives of the people who are forced by circumstances to live as a part of multiple cultures. They can overcome this feeling by consciously trying to become a part of the prevailing culture. Being an outsider does affect their interpretation of the world around them.

A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States by Coe, Andrew. This book is an explanation of how Chinese cuisines reached the United States. Coe examines different Chinese visitors in the United States and how their efforts in introducing Chinese foods in America. He begins this exploration in 1784. 

It is interesting to notice that Japan is less technological than it seems to be represented by foreigners. The movie represents some good examples of the adaptation of people from individualist cultures to new collectivist environment. This shows a relevant example of a collectivist culture to keep in mind.

Adolescence to adulthood is the most significant stage especially for children, as a time they establish their characteristics and turn out as self-sufficient people with the ability to make decisions that will direct their lives. Classically, this stage is all about taking up responsibilities and making a difference in society.

History books and media have portrayed these peoples in a general picture and as an effect, people have grown preconceived thoughts about each of these countries’ people. When one thinks of a German native the image in their head is likely to be that of a blonde, blue-eyed person. In a way, this is similar to the common misconception of someone from the Middle East, particularly Qatar.