medium build‚ flat stomach and a thin face. When Catherine arrived in Gambia‚ she found out quickly that their idea of a beautiful woman is the polar opposite. To them‚ a thin person reminds them of poverty‚ drought and starvation. Catherine’s acculturation process begins the first time she puts on African clothing in preparation for a baptism ceremony. The women looked at her with disgust‚ telling her that she was too thin‚ something that you rarely hear someone say in North America. This is be
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“Chicken Hips” In the article‚ “Chicken Hips‚” the Canadian narrator‚ Catherine Pigott gives us the different cultural views between Canada and Africa; mainly the societies’ views regarding beauty and image. In the early 1980s Pigott goes to Gambia‚ Africa to experience a new culture. Pigott faced trouble when she first went to Gambia because she had many problems adjusting to a new society and new people. When looking around at everyone‚ she saw that everyone was “big.” Men and women had thick
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In the essay “Chicken Hips” by Catherine Pigott‚ she discussed the pressure of society‚ and how‚ in context‚ they were pressured to think that the only way they could be appreciated was to succumb to society. I disagree that‚ for Catherine‚ joining the gym was a good idea. First of all‚ Catherine claims that while she was in Gambia‚ “it was obvious [she] fell far short of their ideal of beauty”. While being in Gambia‚ Catherine noticed that the skinnier the American people were‚ the more “the
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ENG4U-B: Key Question 3 A) Acculturation is a process in which one transitions from one culture to another‚ adopting new cultural traits and social patterns. When people of third world countries migrate to North America‚ acculturation is almost necessary in order for survival and acceptance. The author of “Chicken-Hips”‚ Catherine Pigott‚ experienced acculturation first hand after visiting Africa. Catherine is used to a culture where having a slim body style is ideal. When Catherine arrived in
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Acculturation When people leave their country to go to live or study in a new country‚ it is common for them to undergo a process of adaption to the new country and its culture. Many researchers call this process ‘acculturation’. The American researcher‚ Robin Scarcella‚ has outlined a four-stage theory of acculturation (1998)‚ and her article provides the main theoretical background to this essay. For this main an immigrant person to New Zealand was interviewed‚ and his experience is discussed throughout
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When living in a country‚ we are pressured to become accustomed to what is considered common and thus adapt them in our everyday lives. In the shorty story Chicken-Hips‚ by Cathetine Pigott‚ the main character travels to Gambia to learn that its people desire women with curves rather than skin and bones‚ when she is teased and called‚ “Chicken-Hips.” She adopts Africa’s views on‚ “image of the perfect female body‚ by eating a diet of‚ “rice and rich oily stew twice a day‚” and eventually she becomes
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Would you want to be the “Pignott” or the “McClelland”? The essays I picked were‚ “Chicken Hips” by Catherine Pigott and “Distorted Images” by Susan McClelland. In both essays‚ they discuss different sides of the topic and show the negatives surrounding it. In Pigott essay‚ she shares her experience of being skinny and not fitting in the culture. In the other‚ Susan shares her perspective of all the struggles women go through to look skinny and beautiful like the media portrays them to be. This
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Biculturalism - A Model of the Effects of Second-Culture Exposure non Acculturation and Integrative Complexity C.T. Tadmor and P.E. Tetlock The article is about the process of acculturation‚ or the steps that people exposed to a new culture pass through‚ affected by the person’s internal views as well as external influences‚ towards reaching a certain level of acceptance of the norms and values of the new culture. The research aims at giving ideas about how multinational organizations
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Concept Analysis of Acculturation in Filipino Immigrants Within Health Context Reimund Serafica‚ MSN‚ RN Reimund Serafica‚ MSN‚ RN‚ is a Doctoral candidate in Nursing (Research & Education) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Keywords Acculturation‚ Filipino immigrants‚ concept analysis Correspondence Reimund Serafica‚ MSN‚ RN‚ School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene‚ University of Hawaii at Manoa‚ Honolulu‚ HI 96822. E-mail: reimund@hawaii.edu nuf_231 128..136 Although acculturation has been widely
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Slave Acculturation The seasoning process‚ as applied to the treatment of plantation slaves‚ was designed to ensure not only that the slaves would become totally dependent upon the dictates of their owners but also to destroy the cultural links which the slaves had with their former homelands. In the West African kingdoms which provided one of the major source of slaves at the height of the triangle trade‚ slavery was part of the indigenous culture; however‚ the motivation
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