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Over the years the concept of culture has shaped people and what they believe in. According to the textbook culture is defined as a set of beliefs, traditions, and practices. The conception of culture can be described as material or nonmaterial. Material culture is described as everything that is a part of our constructed, physical environment. On the other hand, nonmaterial culture refers to values, beliefs, behaviors, and social normal. I believe culture can be defined and shaped in many ways. I feel that culture differs from one location to another because the natural environment has an impact on the culture. Also, some people come up with their own ideas and values. There are changes within cultures across time because people grow and develop

1. How can an understanding of the complexities of culture help us make sense of the day-to-day world which we live? Give an example from your life to illustrate your answer.

Wilson uses the character of Troy, his family, and his friends in Fences to pour out his life, his

There are 6.3 billion people in the world, each one of them believes and acts differently. But some of them don’t believe what the other believes and acts against them. But in America it is amazing how we open our country to all and can live with so many different people and cultures. Being an American means being able to live with different cultures without dispute.

American culture is a nontraditional and individualism culture. Americans are open to new principles, ideas, and practices. Many Americans are also more concerned about themselves and their immediate family and friends. Music and television exhibit aspects of both the nontraditional and individualism culture. The focus of American culture is technology, consumers, capitalism, sports, and politics. Almost everything in America revolves around technology, such as cell phones, computers, TV, social media, video games, etc. Money seems to play a major role. Wealth is an achievement everyone wants to have, living the American dream is getting rich. Advertisements constantly convince consumers to buy products (even products they don’t necessarily

I was born in Paris, France, to two young parents who already had two boys, in a one bedroom apartment that was already out of financial reach. Six weeks later, my parents moved to America in search of a better life, and although it took years of barely any food on the table and my father walking two miles to and from a bus stop for an hour long commute to the city every single day, we did land on the American Dream, white picket fences and all.

Although referred to as the “competing values framework” the mainstay of this theory is to recognize the many dynamics aspects it takes in managerial personnel to effectively operate a financially sound organization. Although sufficient in describing the four differencing administration styles, controller, competitor, creator and the clan leader, this framework limits itself by conflicting each value as independently working against one another instead of encompassing a wraparound approach as used in Public Health, seen in (appendix A) where more fluid dynamics interplay in both the internal and external aspects of the agency providing for more client-centered, population-focused, community-based services through well-matched system approaches. Of note, not one of the four identified approaches has been proven to be more effective than another, however in totality, much like an interdisciplinary team approach to services, when incorporated equally, each skill set complements the overall goal of the agency.

Deviant identity is very broad to explain or define because every culture has its norms, rules and believes. What is considered normal in one culture is a deviant for the other culture. For instance, it is deviant behavior if you eat past with hands in America but it is ok and acceptable in my culture. For this assignment, I have chosen to interview one of my best friends. Who I named Bakri for his confidentiality. Bakri decides not to drink alcohol. According to his culture and religion alcohol and drugs are forbidden. His deviant behavior is that he decides to drink alcohol. For this reason, he explained, why he is drinking alcohol. “I want to have a fun and examine how alcohol effects on persons conscious.

First, we look at what Vance believes to be the reason for the Hillbilly culture. Vance spends much of Hillbilly Elegy’s first chapter discussing his family. The family history is the most important factor of the Hillbilly identity. As a child, Vance idolized his great-uncles, whom he characterizes as “the gatekeepers to the family’s oral tradition.” They would always tell stories about themselves and their relatives. the stories were often violent and inappropriate for a child, Vance reveled in the family lore; “Some people may conclude that I come from a clan of lunatics. But the stories made me feel like hillbilly royalty, because these were classic good-versus-evil stories, and my people were on the right side. My people were extreme, but

After the boundaries have been destroyed, the struggle continues beyond the threshold. Thresholds of the home narrow, sometimes just confined to individual rooms but rarely do these thresholds preserved for the duration of the home invasion film. There is a cliche to the majority of home invasion films: there is tension within the home, the 'Other' invades, the inhabitants fight and eventually regain power. This thesis demonstrates how the the literature of the home does not account for the tension within the home. For the most part, the home is depicted as a dream like space, remembered as bliss from childhood. The home invasion films speak to an ontological unease within society, used as a catharsis to explore societies worst fears. Hillier

I want to discuss how two articles address the development of high culture in modern society in developed and developing countries. High culture can be interpreted in many ways. However, to the most common extent it is highly ranked in the arts. A most common attribute of culture that links up with high culture is Opera. Opera has always been looked at as a highly classified form of high culture. In both Benzecry’s and Storey’s article, you see similarities and contracts in opinions. The main arguments for these articles are very much two in the same. They both are trying to demonstrate a process to examining high culture development. The main differences in

For the second cultural activity, I watched an Arabic makeup tutorial by Huda Kattan. I chose this activity because I have tried makeup products from her brand “Huda Beauty,” and when coming across makeup tutorials she always had very high ratings. After looking more into Huda Beauty, I found out that the company is owned by her and her two sisters. Although she was born in the US both of her parents are Iraqi and her mother was born in one of the wealthiest families in Baghdad.

Many generations have come and gone, and many have made an impact on American life. The Sixties were definitely one of those generations that left its mark in history. The people of this generation didn't follow the teachings of its elders, but rejected them for an alternative culture, which was their very own (Harris 14). This new subculture was such a radical society that it was given it's own name which is still used to this day. They came to be known as, the Hippies.

American culture is portrayed as that of every other countries traditions, rituals, and cultures. As Americans, do we know our culture to be as anything other than that of a melting pot? That being said, is it ok to say for us to say,”I can take your culture because it’s meant to be shared anyway." Most of us have lived here our entire lives and it’s what we have grown accustomed to. Can we speak on anyone else’s behalf? I can. Even though I am American by birth, my blood is Mexican. I may not face the same hardships in this country to the extent of that of someone who is of Middle Eastern decent such as my land and oil being drained, or my people being racially abused and frowned upon so negatively, especially in air ports. I hate "Cinco de mayo," and unfortunately for minorities, culture and everything else in the U.S. is controlled and ruled by a system that caters only to the white.

Being born in America and coming from immigrant parents is very challenging as you adjust to two cultures and learn how to fit in. The Namesake tells the story of an Indian couple to come to America and start their own family and continues as their children grow. The Namesake was published on 2003 and the film was released on 2006. The Namesake written by Jhumpa Lahiri and the film efficiently depict the theme of assimilation of cultures. As Gogol prefers to be with his girlfriend, shows public affection, and gets a divorce, all non-Indian values.