acceptable and normal. As a child grows up in a particular culture they absorb the beliefs‚ and practices‚ then begin to use them in everyday activities. This process is known as acculturation. Remix‚ by Catherine G. Latterell‚ touches on the idea of acculturation. According to Latterell acculturation is “the process by which we absorb the practices‚ attitudes‚ and beliefs of particular social groups” (10). The culture a person is surrounded by will then play a role in the development of their identity
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choices we make in our daily lives” (Latterell 11). Some characteristics that are made by your personal choices are the music you choose to listen‚ your overall appearance like your clothing‚ tattoos‚ piercings‚ etc. and your social group. Personal choices are a major part of your identity simply because it defines who you are and how you choose to be as a person in your day to day life. “Identity is not fixed‚ but shifts over time and in different situations” (Latterell 13). Music could play a big
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Espinoza‚ Alex “My Filipino Roots” Remix: Reading & Composing Culture. Ed. Catherine G. Latterell. Boston‚ MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s. 2010. 131. Print. Garrison‚ Keillor “A Wobegon Holiday Dinner” Remix: Reading & Composing Culture. Ed. Catherine G. Latterell. Boston‚ MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s. 2010. 114. Print. Gore‚ Al “An Inconvenient Truth” Remix: Reading & Composing Culture. Ed. Catherine G. Latterell. Boston‚ MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s. 2010. 551-558. Print. Grealy‚ Lucy Havrilesky‚ Heather
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John Puls Skolnick ENC 1101 5/4/2013 Modern Communities The values and characteristics of a healthy community have remained largely unchanged over the years; however‚ with the invention of online communities they have become significantly more impersonal. Accepting people for who they are and showing empathy towards others are indispensable values of a community. The values of a traditional community as outlined in Azar Nafisi’s essay “I believe in empathy” and Sarah Adams’s essay “Be cool
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Cited: Latterell‚ Catherine. "This is How We Live" Remix: reading and composing culture. Ed. Ellen Degeneres. Boston. Bedford/St. Martin ’s: 2006.p 588-593 Latterell‚ Catherine. "Technological Somnambulism." Remix: reading and composing culture. Ed Langdon Winner. Boston. Bedford/St.Martin ’s: 2006.p 594-599
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through when a pit-bull attacks them. When this happens it is most likely a bad owner to be at fault‚ not the pit-bull.” Bad owners make bad pets‚” (PBRC) and these specific situations are no different. “Identity‚ which is shaped by our own culture” (Latterell 9) is what has made the pit-bull into how people see the breed today. I can see why most people misunderstand the pit-bull and will not consider the breed to be a family pet. It is the same reason everyone else misunderstands them and does
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Bell-bottoms came and went‚ came back and then left again. Top hats had their time to shine and platform shoes had an intense‚ yet short‚ life. Polyester made a brief appearance and at one time‚ sailor suits could be seen everywhere‚ but not anymore. Yet jeans seem to have survived. Jeans achieved one task that is nearly impossible: staying a major trend from the eighteenth century to the present day. Popularity usually comes with an expiration date‚ but apparently not for jeans. Who ever thought
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Havrilesky‚ Heather. “ Stalking Celebrities.” Latterell‚ Cathrine G. ReMix: Reading Composing Culture. Boston: St.Martin ’s‚ 2010. 447-448. Print. Holtzman‚ Linda. Media Messages: What Film‚ Television‚ and Popular Music Teach Us about Race‚ Class‚ Gender‚ and Sexual Orientation. New York: M.E. Sharpe‚ Inc.2000. Print Kitty‚ Alexandra. Don ’t Believe It!: How Lies Become News. New York: Disinformation‚ 2005. Print. Roiphe‚ Katie. "Profiles Encouraged." Latterell‚ Catherine G. ReMix: Reading Composing Culture
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Identity A person’s identity is influenced by various factors‚ some acknowledge that culture is the biggest effect on our identity‚ while others hold a dissimilar idea and think that identity is part of our nature. Lucy Grealy‚ a person who has facial defects wrote an essay about her distinctive experience that she was teased by others since young‚ and became dissocial and self-abased. I believe that the people around us have the strongest influences on our identities‚ which can also be shown
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