September 5‚ 2012 Does Art Reflect Culture or Does Culture Reflect Art? As I first pondered this question the obvious answer seemed to be that art reflects culture. However‚ something didn’t sound quite right. Then I realized that although I feel that art does reflect culture it goes deeper than mere reflection. There is an old song from 1968‚ performed by the "Supremes" called Reflections and a part of the lyrics is a perfect example of what I mean. "....Reflections of how life used to be...
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Today prejudice issues have improved a lot since 1930’s‚ this has only been the case for 30 or 40 years. But they are still little problems such as the Ku Klux Klan. This is a secret organization founded in the southern states during Reconstruction to terrorize and intimidate former slaves and prevent them from voting or holding public office. In the book people wouldn’t even talk to Crooks and they could be hanged for no reason. Today‚ this would never happen‚ this might be because now we are more
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When living in a country made up of so many different cultures‚ the question we need to ask ourselves is how do we respect them all. In different countries with various backgrounds‚ cultural norms‚ and societies‚ its difficult to make sure that none of them are offended and at the same time accepted. That is the very issue and concept that makes the United States so unique when you compare it to the rest of the world. We promise freedom to do whatever it is that is frowned upon or persecuted where
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Decision-making: How does culture influence decisions? A model of consumer decision reflects the cognitive‚ or problem-solving‚ consumer‚ and to some degree the emotional consumer. Culture is a major influencer of decision-making. How one is brought up‚ the society‚ the values all factor how an individual thinks. Malaysia is known for its rich‚ cultural background and the deep history behind it. The model has three major components: input‚ process and output. The input component of the consumer
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Caribbean Studies Assess the statement “There is not one Caribbean culture but many Caribbean cultures” There is no one distinctive Caribbean culture‚ but rather‚ Caribbean cultures. Each island or geo-political territory is characterized by its own unique‚ cultural practices‚ institutions and belief systems. One may note that cultural similarities may be influenced by; political history‚ languages‚ ethnic groupings and economic features. Caribbean culture is a product of its history and geography. Most
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The Effects of Hip-Hop in Our Culture There are many differing opinions on whether or not Hip-Hop has a detrimental effect on our culture and youth today. The question I ask is whether it is life portraying art‚ or art portraying life? Anytime there is an increase in crime‚ and a decrease in the number of high school graduates there must be something left to blame. Although it may seem easy to say that the media has an effect on the way we see things around us‚ to what extent is that true
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Could There Be Only One Culture? Globalization is an idea which has spread throughout the whole world for the past couple centuries. Technological development has enabled the expansion of globalization. Now in 2012‚ the idea has evolved into a reality that to which every business‚ government‚ and individual has to adapt. English is inarguably the global language. Ironically‚ it is not the largest spoken language‚ but it is the most wide spread. 375 million people speak it as a first language
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Second Part The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) was followed by the deepest recession in the world economy since World War II. The Australian economy performed better during this period than most other advanced economies on nearly all relevant indicators. Although financial and economic conditions were stressed‚ the financial system worked remarkably well (Tony & Morling‚ 2011). Diverse factors have been stood in to explain this strong Australian economy performance during this recession. These
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its political stance‚ social beliefs‚ and culture‚ and the crowd that was at the head of these transformations was seemingly the youth of the U.S. When the birth control pill‚ the Civil Rights Movement‚ the Vietnam War‚ new music‚ and the budding drug market were all at the forefront of mainstream society‚ they all appeared to unify and consequently develop a new counterculture in The United States; the hippie. When the “hippie movement” is mentioned‚ one cannot think of it without Timothy Leary‚
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The 1930’s were a time when social changes were happening at a much faster pace than in recent years passed. The fair culture of America was also changing. It was sort of evolving into what was to become an unrecognizable creation‚ both in the physical sense and the ideological sense. The fairs of the 1930’s however‚ while being the first time in history where we see large additions of amusement without purpose‚ as in today’s massive regional amusement parks. The old splendor of educational dioramas
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