Soul Food Cultural Differences

University of Phoenix | Cultural Differences | Culture Differences Paper | Sharon BanksDon Case | COM/360 | 9/2/2013 |

This document is about the culture differences in the film” Why Did I Get Married and “Soul Food”. This document will provide specific examples of Hall’s perspective of culture as a screen and Hofstede’s five dimensions are reflected in a particular culture pattern. This document will evaluate both culture identity and culture bias in both of these films; explain the concept of cultural patterns and what type are showed in both films, and illustrations of verbal and nonverbal communications and how these relate to a particular intercultural communication theory. |

“Soul Food”
This hit domestic comedy-drama concerned the fortunes of an African-American family.” Soul Food” is about families especially the younger generation. It gets to the
Culture designates what we pay attention to, what we ignore and what we choose (consciously/unconsciously) .To take in, is what gives structure and meaning. Hall linked culture to a screen through which the world is viewed (Lustig & Koester. 2010). In Germany almost everything is low context and compartmentalized. The executive office is a refuge and a screen, a refuge for the boss (distractions), a screen for the employees (continual supervision). Information communicated in the office is not shared everyone, only a select few. Contexting perform multiple functions. Any shift in the level of context is a communication. Upscale (warming of the relationship), down scale (lowering the context), coolness or displeasure; something is going wrong with the relationship. Hall believes identity to be affected by history and culture, which he sees as an ongoing production. His works have played a key role in describing how people’s view of the world and behavior are determined by a complex grid of unconscious cultural