Culture Shock

Multiculturalism is raised in section 27 in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Jonson). An instance where multiculturalism negatively impacts Canada, revolves around new immigrants. A problem raised with the introduction of multiculturalism is that “for some people, ‘multiculturalism’ is a descriptive term for demographic pluralism. Pluralism can stem from the coexisting of longstanding minority groups” (Bloemradd, Wright, 2014). This created issues of conflict between minority groups which related to “ethnic, racial, and religious diversity generated by immigrants and their decedents” (Bloemradd, Wright, 2014). The Charters regulations were often taken for granted by minority groups, where many “subnational minorities (…) often reject inclusion within a framework of multiculturalism since they argue got self-determination and sovereignty rights” (Bloemradd, Wright, 2014). Furthermore, these examples of minorities rejecting inclusion exemplifies how multiculturalism is threatened by the Charter. The purpose of the charter was “to enhance multicultural heritage of Canadians” (Uberoi,

In Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake, published in 2003, food is a ubiquitous motif that plays a crucial role in the main characters’ transition from life in Calcutta to life in Boston. When Bengali immigrant Ashima Ganguli first arrives in Boston, she feels very isolated from the American community, knowing nobody but her husband. She tries to find solace in these early stages of her life in America by maintaining a pure, untarnished version of her Bengali culture in her own home on Pemberton Road. Her unwelcoming attitude towards American culture is reflected by her desire to cook Indian snack foods void of all influence from Western ingredients. However, her inability to emulate the authenticity of her favorite Indian snacks only makes her feel

At the beginning of my exploration of this country I was made to taste all kinds of food available here. Though there were limited choices as I am a vegetarian but still I tried every food which was considered delicacies here. Among those were ‘PIZZAS’. Not that I had not had pizza in India but they had an Indian flavor. But when I took the first what is so appealing about this piece of dough with just a citrus sauce for flavor and a lump of cheese to make it tempting. It did not excite my ‘INDIAN TASTE BUDS’ which was accustomed to have different flavors in just one bite of food whether it be sweet, salty, bitter, tangy, spicy. It was not a delicacy for me; neither does it water my mouth since then.

Louis Vuitton redefines luxury. The Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) group is a global leader in a variety of luxury industries spanning across various categories including: fashion and leather, wines and spirits, perfumes and cosmetics, and watches and jewelry[1]. The LVMH group has thrived in conventional markets such as Europe and the United States because both markets are characteristically and densely populated with high-income individuals. However, given that India is a developing economy, the success of Louis Vuitton in India is dubious. The analysis of Indian luxury goods’ market with respect to Louis Vuitton is essential for uncovering this case.

In Jessica Harris’s “The Culinary Season of my Childhood” she peels away at the layers of how food and a food based atmosphere affected her life in a positive way. Food to her represented an extension of culture along with gatherings of family which built the basis for her cultural identity throughout her life. Harris shares various anecdotes that exemplify how certain memories regarding food as well as the varied characteristics of her cultures’ cuisine left a lasting imprint on how she began to view food and continued to proceeding forward. she stats “My family, like many others long separated from the south, raised me in ways that continued their eating traditions, so now I can head south and sop biscuits in gravy, suck chewy bits of fat from a pigs foot spattered with hot sauce, and yes’m and no’m with the best of ‘em,.” (Pg. 109 Para). Similarly, since I am Jamaican, food remains something that holds high importance in my life due to how my family prepared, flavored, and built a food-based atmosphere. They extended the same traditions from their country of origin within the new society they were thrusted into. The impact of food and how it has factors to comfort, heal, and bring people together holds high relevance in how my self-identity was shaped regarding food.

Compounded with it a majority of Indian female population does not work. That translated really into the fact that the amount of disposable income with the middle class was not really as high as it was thought. Thus the sales of most Consumer durables, automobiles and luxury products have fallen way short of expectations.

This paper will discuss the multifaceted relationships among food, and culture. I will be looking at the relationships people have with food, and explore how this relationship reveals information about them. Their food choices of individuals and groups, can reveal their ideals, likes and dislikes. Food choices tell the stories of where people have travelled and who they have met along the way.

Culture is closely related to ethnicity, although they are not the same thing. For example, Aboriginals might be united ancestrally, but Inuit culture is different compared to Iroquois culture and Cree culture. Canada is known as a multination state, meaning that Canada does not support any culture over another. When immigrants come to Canada, they are free to express their culture and values in public. This multiculturalism also makes Canada unique.

Culture is the Backbone of a society, when something/someone tries to alter it or go against it everyone will notice. In this issue pointed out by Ruth Macklin, we look at the problems that can arise when an individual’s culture and autonomy clash. Every year there at least 30 million immigrants from all over the world that move to the United states of America, making America one of the most culturally diverse country in the world. Keeping this in mind, we will focus on Ruth Macklin’s issue of Multiculturalism. Multiculturalism is the co-existence of diverse cultures, where culture includes racial, religious, or cultural groups and is manifested in customary behaviors, cultural assumptions and values, patterns of thinking, and communicative styles. Critics argue that we associate culture with a society, community and or family, but rarely with a single individual, thus placing it above the individual person. In this paper we are going to look at four different scenarios on from Ruth Macklin’s article.

What Peter Berger means by the first statement, in which he links sociological discovery to culture shock minus geographical displacement, is that sociological discoveries and realizations are very often made in one 's own society. When they are made, they might come off as shocking because they are being viewed in a different light. You can go to the nearest church or park and make new discoveries with what you observe in an open state of mind.

Growing up, I had the privilege of exploring different cultures in my community; one aspect - food. A love for going to a Chinese restaurant by my school and converse in Mandarin Chinese with the waitress, or go to the Mexican grills near my home and learn the cuisine in Spanish, spurred my passion for finding a connection to my own culture’s value of food. With so many wide ranges of cultural foods, I have begun to learn that it wasn't just one culture that loved food or good times, but a universal theme.

While it is difficult to pinpoint the exact time human beings began to consume foods, for millions of years a diverse range of culinary patterns and convivial customs were cultivated. As the human dining habits evolve, food can be seen as a continuous reflection of the different cultures around the world. In fact, “food is perhaps the most distinctive expression of an ethnic group, a culture, or, in modern terms, a nation” (Flandrin, Montanari and Sonnenfeld 1999, p. xvi). The huge wave of globalisation in the past few decades made cultural exchange commonplace, however, indigenous dishes from an alien country may come as cultural shocks to people who are foreign to the certain culture. This essay intends to explain how Asian identity is expressed

It was a life changing experience to move to the United States from Armenia. The United States has a very rich diversity of cultures and therefore, there is diversity of cuisines. Although America’s population is massive, many people living in America are not from America; they are from other countries. As they move to America, they try to stay true to their culture and have a small community of their culture in the new environment. One of the most common ways to maintain one’s culture in America is through food and its practices in order to honor and remember where they came from. Another way of saying maintaining cultural food practices and sustaining tradition would be sustainability. Therefore, traditional food can represent a whole culture and a way to find out more about any culture is to taste their food. Tasting another culture’s

Culture Shock or Cultural Adaptation is a major issue facing the non-Indigenous staff, who are working in ATSI community and Aboriginal children who are attending a non -indigenous service. We see it in possible symptoms like desiring to leave or feeling the need to indulge or feeling tired and unreasonably strong feelings of anger and sadness, and depression may result from any smallest and silliest of things (Culture shock) .

The concept of culture is something that defines many aspects of one’s life. From physical objects to different ways of thinking, culture adds significance to human life and makes groups of people distinct from one another. Culture is essentially a group of people who come together with similar interests and points of view. According to the Center for Advanced Language Acquisition of the University of Minnesota, “culture is defined as the shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs, and affective understanding that are learned through a process of socialization.” From a more sociological perspective, culture is a way in which people come together in order to fulfill their needs. These shared patterns and ideas identify the members of a culture group while also distinguishing those of another group.” Culture is one of the things that sets the United States apart from the rest of the world. Not that the rest of the world is not cultural, but the circumstance here is different. Many people of different cultural backroads come to this country in search of a better life. As a consequence, the United States has become a place where many cultures merge together like a colossal pot soup.