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    Aody Rafati Dr. Jodi Melamed Eng 2010 12/11/2014 Cultural Identity in The Namesake The Namesake illustrates several elements of transition that are common to the stories of immigrant families and their children. As shown in the film‚ the first generation connects with their cultural identity and roots to a far greater degree and density than their children do. The second generation exists between two realities of culture including their ethnic heritage and the world they live in presently

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    Culture is defined as the system of shared beliefs‚ values‚ customs‚ behaviors‚ and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another‚ and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning. Culture helps us understand how things are created‚ developed‚ managed and changed. Each culture is unique‚ I do not think people will find any culture that is exactly like another culture but I think that they can find many similarities. Some similarities

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    Cultural Revolution in China The Cultural Revolution in China was a social movement that took place in 1966 through 1976. This movement involved major changes that took place in the political‚ economic and social nature of China. These changes were very often for violent and corrupted means. This Cultural Revolution threatened China for 10 years. In the beginning of the revolution. “Destructive groups such as Red Guards and The Cultural Revolution Authority grasped the power‚ and China drove into

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    The Cultural Revolution was a movement in China during1966-1976. This revolution was a power struggle within the Communist Party of China. This struggle grew to include large portions of Chinese society‚ which eventually brought the People’s Republic of China to the brink of civil war. The revolution was launched by Mao Zedong‚ the Chairman of the Communist Party of China‚ in order to regain control after the Great Leap Forward. During the Great Leap Forward campaign Mao Zedong loss a significant

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    Cultural heritage: Its relevance in the social development. Cultural heritage is the total of contributions by a community that are held to be legacy which is inherited by the past for the benefit of their future. This includes literature‚ buildings‚ monuments‚ artifacts and others. As what Edward Burnett Tylor (1871) said: “Culture is that complex whole which include knowledge‚ belief‚ arts‚ moral‚ law‚ custom and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.” Cultural

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    2-28-05 Ethics Ethical Cultural Relativism I will begin with defining Ethical Cultural Relativism. Ethical Cultural Relativism is an ethical theory that denies the existence of universal moral truths. It claims that right and wrong must be defined variously‚ based on differences in cultural norms and ideas. It specifically states moral right and wrong are “relative to” one’s society and time in history‚ not absolute across time and cultures (Pen‚19) Ethical Cultural Relativist believes in three

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    Cultural Studies and its Theoretical Legacies- Stuart Hall the following write up on Cultural Studies and its Theoretical Legacies is by Rinu Dina John ------------------ Stuart Hall is one of the most influential figures in cultural studies. He was part of the time when cultural studies was originated as an academic discourse or discipline. In this essay he questions the seriousness with which this discourse is engaged with a personal version of the history of the cultural studies. According

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    The Cultural Revolution as an Unintended Result of Administrative Policies Because the Cultural Revolution wounded so many patriotic Chinese‚ the question of its cause haunts current politics. Its violence - including widespread physical attacks against intellectuals and local leaders - was its most unusual aspect‚ the thing that calls for explanation‚ the experience that tends to overwhelm other memories of 1966-1968 in many Chinese minds. The Cultural Revolution obviously tapped frightening

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    Cross Cultural Perspectives ETH 316 October 13‚ 2014 Cross Cultural Perspectives Multi-national companies from the U.S. hold a great advantage by working in and with other countries and cultures to make their products accessible to a much broader community.  When multi-nationals gains access into or with other companies/countries‚ it may be an assumption that because everyone inside the business is working for the same purpose‚ they are going to automatically communicate‚ think and look

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    contrast ETHNOCENTRISM and CULTURAL RELATIVISM. Discuss how you have experienced OR witnessed both concepts in our American Society. Ethnocentrism is viewing your own culture as more superior than any other culture‚ that all other groups are measured in relation to one’s own. Ethnocentrism can lead to cultural misinterpretation and it often distorts communication between human beings. + while cultural relativism is "the concept that the importance of a particular cultural idea varies from one society

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