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    discriminated against in very different ways. For example‚ the long beard and long ringlet curls in the men’s hair in the Amish community‚ this is normal for them and if for some reason you don’t or can’t grow it or it gets cut off you are likely to be shunned by the whole community until it all grows back. Most people in society today like the short hair and clean shaven face but with the Amish it quite the opposite. So‚ therefore they are judged and made fun of‚ called names‚ etc. With Hinduism‚ it’s just

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    followed by the panning out‚ illustrates the size of the buggy compared to the tailgating truck. The simplicity of the buggy compared to the truck signifies the Amish cultures way of life compared to that of the ‘English’ as being portrayed as oversized and complex. This portrayal challenges the viewers thought process into thinking the Amish society are a minority within the twentieth century urban American society. The use of an overhead camera angle when Samuel Lapp is at the train station looking

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    Publishers. Bhugra‚ D.‚ & Becker‚ M. (2005). Migration‚ cultural bereavement and cultural identity. World Psychiatry. 4(1)‚ 18–24. Graham‚ L. & Cates‚ J. (2006). Health care and the sequestered cultures: a perspective from the old order Amish. Journal of Multicultural Nursing and Health. 12(3)‚ 60-66.

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    Culture of England Architecture and gardens English architecture begins with the architecture of the Anglo-Saxons; at least fifty surviving English churches are of Anglo-Saxon origin‚ although in some cases the Anglo-Saxon part is small and much-altered. All except one timber church are built of stone or brick‚ and in some cases show evidence of reused Roman work. The architectural character of Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical buildings ranges from Coptic-influenced architecture in the early period;

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    After failed negotiations with the Mennonites‚ Jakob moved to the Rhineland-Palatinate with his supporters‚ launching the new Amish sect (originally named the

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    associated with remote African tribes. There are also other sects of the population where their youth enter a transitional phase that lasts from months or years‚ such as the Amish and the Aborigines. Their youth use this time as a period of learning to think and act as adults and for decision making about their future. Amish or plain people as they are also known migrated from Europe in search of religious freedom. They were originally part of the Mennonite religion and follow many of the same practices

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    Anthropology (from the Greek word ἄνθρωπος‚ "human" or "person") consists of the study of humanity (see genus Homo). The discipline is a holistic study‚ concerned with all humans‚ at all times‚ in all humanity’s dimensions. Anthropology is traditionally distinguished from other disciplines by its emphasis on cultural relativity‚ in-depth examination of context‚ and cross-cultural comparisons. Anthropology is methodologically diverse‚ using both qualitative and quantitative methods‚ such as firsthand

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    Cognitive Anthropology Tara Robertson and Duke Beasley (Note: authorship is arranged stratigraphically with the most recent author listed first) Basic Premises: Cognitive anthropology is an idealist approach to studying the human condition. The field of cognitive anthropology focuses on the study of the relation between human culture and human thought. In contrast with some earlier anthropological approaches to culture‚ cultures are not regarded as material phenomena‚ but rather cognitive organizations

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    Term Paper on Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was born a slave in 1817 as Frederick Bailey on a farm in Tuckahoe close to Easton town in Talbot Count Maryland. My Bondage and My Freedom is Douglass’s extended autobiography first published in 1855. “Storytelling is alive both as a historical model in looking back to Africa’s oral customs‚ as a foundation for the canon of Black writing in the slave narratives of Frederick Douglass‚ as a modern formal and informing way of narration”. Philip

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    widely known for their rejection of associating and utilizing the electrical world. The Amish don’t use electricity because the Bible tells them that they aren’t allowed to be “conformed to the world”. They believe that using electricity could lead them to temptations that would change the church and family life (Amish People...). This being said‚ people of the Amish culture live very primitive lives. Amish individuals don’t wake up to alarms‚ get to flick a switch for light‚ or even use vehicles

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