Trumbull And Maria Pacheco: Components Of Culture

Components of Culture “We can imagine culture as invisible webs composed of values, beliefs, ideas about behavior, and socially constructed truths” (Trumbull and Pacheco 10), says Elise Trumbull and Maria pacheco, the authors of “What is Cultural Identity”. There are many things we have the inclination to do every day, that we do not realize exemplify of our cultural identity. In order to understand the enigma of one’s cultural identity, he or she needs to understand what the term means. According to one source, cultural identity can be defined as “a broad term: people from multiple ethnic backgrounds may identify as belonging to the same culture” (Trumbull and Pacheco 9). From this quote, the reader can take this information to further contribute
Your name is used by millions of people in your lifetime, but you would be amazed how something so small can affect your cultural identity. No matter where you are from, you will always have a name. Whether you notice or not, it represents your cultural identity. A reader can identify this when he or she reads, “ I am Premila, and she -nodding in my direction- is Santha” (Rau 43). To an American reader, these names are unique, on the other hand in India, these name may be common. Also, a good example of this is presented in the statement, “Oh, my dears, those are much too hard for me. Suppose we give you pretty English names” (Rau 44). Their names fit so perfectly into their own culture but they had to be changed for the sake of the British. Another situation in which someone's name represents their cultural identity is proposed when author Hayden Herrera states, “In April, 1953, less than a year before her death at th3e age of forty-seven, Frida kahlo had her first paintings in her native Mexico” (Herrera 33). Long after frida’s death, her name is still remembered. When you think of Frida Kahlo, you think of her amazing artwork but also, you can hear her culture in her name. Even though your name will be used billions of times in your life, it can still come across as new to someone of a different
A person should also consider the fact that cultural identity does not only involve the tangible things, which is represented in paragraphs four and five, Without these pieces, people would not be who they are today. Throughout all of these articles you can feel the passion for all of these topics, and that feeling is the top element of cultural identity. In no culture can a person live an exciting life or even a not so exciting life without the passion. No food would be made, no clothing would be created, and no beliefs would be followed without the element of culture. These things are just a small part of the definition of cultural but a large part of