She discusses how there is almost a double life as conformant into the American culture overrides the Asian identity that is originally possessed. This means that Asian American culture is never pure when interchanging with two or more different cultures because they have different intersections such as class‚ gender‚ sexual preference (Lowe‚ 32) that both cultures deal with on total
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In Body Ritual Among the Nacirema‚ the writer writes about the extreme rituals that people hold in America. It brings out the idea that what they are doing is only to improve the looks which are actually unnecessary. Although the writer does not use the word America at all‚ we can tell from the content and the examples that it is reflecting the Americans. Actually‚ if the word “Nacirema” in the title reverses‚ it is America. He uses some events that may be trivial and happen in our every day lives
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Body Ritual among the Nacirema Kim Wilson Ivy Tech Community College This article written by‚ Horace Miner‚ was my first read in where I was shocked to discover such barbaric rituals from other areas of life. I took the time to re-read this article several times. I have learned of many different cultures in where people do things that seem out of the ordinary; however the beliefs and practices of the Nacirema people just seem outlandish. According to‚ Professor Linton‚ who brought the
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location and how it is used as a ‘definable characteristic’ and henceforth as an identity that makes Southeast Asia. Obviously‚ Oxford Dictionaries has already defined for us which countries are included. Just to make sure‚ the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries could also be used as a medium to look into which countries is part of Southeast Asia. But is there all there is to it? Obviously in order to define a region‚ it has to have ‘definable characteristic‚’ and henceforth
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Asian Social Science December‚ 2009 Factors Effecting Drug Relapse in Malaysia: An Empirical Evidence Fauziah Ibrahim‚ PhD Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia E-mail: ifauziah@ukm.my Naresh Kumar‚ PhD Faculty of Economics and Management Universiti Putra Malaysia E-mail: naresh@putra.upm.edu.my Abstract It has been noted that many drug addicts relapse to drug use after discharged from successful treatment and rehabilitation programs. Thus it is imperative
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South Wales Basorie‚ W. 2012. Indonesia’s press is dangerously free. The Jakarta Post. Retrieved on October 17‚ 2012 from http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/15/indonesia-s-press-dangerously-free.html Beeson‚ M Broinowski‚ A. 2001. About face: asian representations of Australia. Retrieved on 14 October‚ 2012‚ from https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/46227/6/02whole.pdf Ferguson‚ J Graham‚ D. 2012. Get the message: No advantage! Right?. The Jakarta Post. Retrieved on October 14
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Body Art & the Asian Culture Marcie Helman March 22‚ 2009 Body art is a definitive and visual part of the Asian culture used to identify social and religious representations. The term tattoo is derived from the Tahitian word tatu‚ meaning to mark [1]. Throughout history‚ many cultures have socially acceptable ways in which to showcase their individuality. Contrary to popular belief‚ in the Asian culture‚ body modification is typically considered to be distasteful and socially unacceptable
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Asian American’s have engaged on the issue of sexuality. It started with the same sex marriage ordeal in Hawaii in the 1990’s. Same sex marriage has been a regular ongoing debate and Asian American became involved since the 1998 ballot in Hawaii. In Hawaii there was huge debate between many groups. First off‚ The Japanese American Citizens League in 1994 decided to affirm its commitment to support the basic human right of marriage which included the right to marry for same-sex couples. In Helen
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“Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box‚ they still remembered to use stones.” (142) Rituals have been a part of human society since the first families huddled together. The intention of repeating the activity is to remind the group of members that something is important and vital to the fabric of their lives. This one sentence really exemplifies how society fails to learn and understand why they repeat a pattern of behavior. In the story‚ one generation
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Asian Paints: A well focussed company 2 The company shows an uninhibited appetite for growth in revenues and profits Colours of many vibrant hues The financials of Asian Paints are awash in as many brilliant hues as the varied colours of the paints that it has on offer. The company’s revenues and profits are growing yearly at a fast clip‚ (revenues up 26% at Rs 91.2 bn‚ with pre-tax profits growing 21.5% to Rs 13.6 bn in 2011-12 as compared to the preceding year) and the company is simultaneously
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