In his paper "Cultural Identity & Cinematic Representation‚" Stuart Hall addresses the issue of cultural identity and the cinematic representation. Stuart remarks that there are several definitions of cultural identity. However‚ he uses it in terms of the idea of "oneness" of people. The definition reflects the common historical experiences ignoring the divisions of the actual sub culture. According to Hall media or Caribbean Cinema has to discover this particular cultural identity. This conception
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Cultural Relativism and Global Values The Median That Works Universal values and human rights are abstractions that are considered by many as little more than a romantic concept. Those who would like to believe in a set of universal values find that they either can not find enough evidence for‚ or that there is too much evidence against such values. Cultural relativism‚ a relatively new idea in political science that has its origins in anthropology‚ is the major evidence and argument against
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In the Allen’s reading‚ cultural capital refers to the informal social skills‚ habits‚ linguistic styles‚ and tastes that a person garners as a result of her or her economic resources. It is the different ways that the ways we talk‚ act‚ and make distinctions that are the result of our class. Cultural capital is learned through the process of socialization‚ which is acquired growing up as a kid. People’s class greatly influences their cultural capital. For example‚ a lower class White man never attended
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Cultural imperialism is a multi-faceted concept‚ a collection of possible causes with a common effect - the tendency towards homogenization of cultures. This essay will explore the arguments behind the possible causes‚ specifically‚ the notions of forced acculturation as opposed to the voluntary embrace of Western culture. It will refer to theories of post-colonialism and cultural hegemony. First‚ it’s necessary to try to define the term imperialism. Lenin held that imperialism was the highest
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Creativity in contemporary cultural production Both ’genius’ and ’creativity’ are terms often used in contemporary Western culture in relation to many different forms of work‚ such as music‚ science‚ art and literature. However‚ the extent to which the notion of ’creative genius’ is either useful or relevant in contemporary Western culture is not certain and remains an object of discussion and debate. Duncan Petrie (1991:1) says‚ "the idea of creativity is bound up with notions of change‚ development
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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CULTURAL SHOCK Kasie Sepeda Professor Scherf 11/19/2012 Outline I. What is Cultural Shock a. serious phenomenon and a long-winded process b. Real culture shock can happen in places you expect to be similar II. Effects of cultural shock a. Happen when you take a culture for granted. b. Can affect your job‚ family‚ etc. III. Causes of cultural shock a. Can cause mild uneasiness or temporary homesickness to acute unhappiness or even‚ in extreme
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Do you feel that cultural relativism is always positive? Why or why not? Under what circumstances do you feel that it is appropriate to condemn the practices of a culture other than your own Cultural relativism is the view that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are relative to the individual within his own social context.. "In other words‚ “right” and “wrong” are culture-specific; what is considered moral in one society may be considered immoral in another‚ and‚ since no universal standard of
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Military: Cultural Awareness Congressional and military leaders have directed improvement in cultural awareness training throughout the Department of Defense. However there are severe challenges‚ especially in an era of limited resources‚ transformation and combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Research shows that cultural decisions may not always achieve their desired effect; many bad decisions are a result of cultural ignorance. This article showed several ways to improve cultural awareness
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Cultural Analysis Paper No matter how hard we try‚ or how much we study‚ it is pretty much impossible to become an expert on all the world’s cultures. It is possible however‚ to be enlightened on a few cultures through some effort and understanding. That is just what we did‚ through interviewing three people who were raised in cultures different from ours. The following are results from what we learned about different cultural dimensions. GENDER EGALITARIANISM Gender egalitarianism‚ as defined
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every day life‚ but what are we reading and watching is it trustworthy? Can they tell us what is true or false? People disagree about many issues presented to them for example what is said in religion to what science proves and so on. This is where cultural relativism comes in‚ morally is correct to the beliefs and ethics of a particular culture within that same society. By this theory‚ no one can go against another society and say that their beliefs are right or wrong; it is up to one’s society where
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