ENG4U-B: Key Question 3 A) Acculturation is a process in which one transitions from one culture to another‚ adopting new cultural traits and social patterns. When people of third world countries migrate to North America‚ acculturation is almost necessary in order for survival and acceptance. The author of “Chicken-Hips”‚ Catherine Pigott‚ experienced acculturation first hand after visiting Africa. Catherine is used to a culture where having a slim body style is ideal. When Catherine arrived in
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networks and language‚ the authors compare and contrast four categories of acculturation‚ including assimilation‚ separation‚ marginalization and integration. Although the Korean American ethnic group has generally done well in maintaining their cultural characteristics and learning American values‚ the study found distinct differences in acculturation between generations. The study also found a difference in expectation of acculturation between generations. Parents strongly expected successful assimilation
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Chelsea Griffin The Slave Community: Plantation Life In The Antebellum South By: John W. Blassingame African American History – HIST 3881 Dr. Arwin Smallwood The University of Memphis The slave community during the early centuries of North America brought forth the process of capturing‚ preservation of culture‚ and the element of survival. Slaves were traded and sold by their own people. Native born Africans and their American born descendants “africanized” the south‚ and strong willed‚
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scarcity- abundance dialectic‚ retrieved on 11 September 2012 <http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/3479/1/New_media_competition_and_access_(LSERO).pdf > Redfield‚ R.‚ Linton‚ R.‚ & Herskovits‚ M.H. (1936). Memorandum on the study of acculturation. American Anthropologist‚ 38‚ 149-152‚ retrieved on 11 September 2012 <http://www.business.uq.edu.au/sites/default/files/event/supportingDocs/Arends%20Vijver1.pdf >
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personal freedom. Besides‚ the power distance in China is relatively high compared with that in Canada‚ so TT Supermarket position its customers not based on the status or class but treat every customer equally. Q3. What role are enculturation and acculturation playing in TT Supermarkets success TT Supermarket not only serves the traditional needs of the rapidly growing Asian Canadian population which is a process of enculturation for Asian Canadian but introduces Asian food to consumers from different
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Picasso. Use one example from Gardner’s Art through the Ages and one from the Internet. Anthropology - General Anthropology Week 1 Complete Acculturation. The textbook discusses the process of acculturation. After viewing the film‚ Indian School: Stories of Survival‚ answer the following questions: What is the definition of acculturation? What happened to the Native American children in the film? Why did the American government decide to acculturate them into Western culture
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The Megacity The movement and concentration of the global population in urban areas is growing at a rapid rate. The increased growth rates of major urban areas calls for the development of megacities to keep up with the increase in the population. According to the definition provided by the United Nations‚ megacities are cities with populations of over 10 million (UNFPA‚ 12). Based on this definition‚ it is expected that the number of megacities in the world will be mostly located in the
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generation than their first generation counterparts. First generation immigrants tend to keep a healthier lifestyle by consuming more fresh fruits and vegetables‚ walking longer distances and smoking less than the more acculturated Mexican-Americans. Acculturation is a major contributing factor for the alarming rates of obesity within Mexican children. When children of Mexican immigrants are exposed to American society‚ they develop unhealthy habits such as eating pizza and hot dogs during school lunch hours
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Atravesando Fronteras/Border Crossings: A Critical Ethnographic Exploration of the Consumer Acculturation of Mexican Immigrants LISA PENALOZA ’ This article critically examines the consumption experiences ot Mexican immigrants in the United States‚ An empirical model of Mexican immigrant consumer acculturation is derived that consists of movement‚ translation‚ and adaptation processes leading to outcomes of assimilation‚ maintenance‚ resistance‚ and segregation. By drawing attention to the ways
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USA: Contemporary U.S. markets are becoming more ethnically diverse with more distinctive cultural values and customs among various ethnic groups. According to 2002 Census Briefs‚ ethnic consumers comprise nearly 30 percent of the U.S. population. This surge of ethnic population is creating enormous marketing opportunities with greater purchasing power among the ethnic markets. Accordingly‚ U.S. marketers are making every effort to entice these lucrative ethnic markets by developing effective
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