American Culture The American Culture is rich‚ complex‚ and unique. Our culture‚ which is an important component of the nation’s identity‚ emerged from short‚ rapid European invasion of the Americas‚ sparsely settled by diverse native peoples. The African’s arrival added yet another layer of unique cultural complexity to the territories named the New World. These three cultures‚ European‚ Indian‚ and African were very different and yet a lot alike. Their ways of life were greatly diverse although
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Most people see basketball as a predominant black sport. According to Media Culture of Basketball‚ in the NBA world we see advertisements day and night about the big time players of the game‚ and the so-called “MVP”. “The sense of nationalism comes out through the pride of each fan for their sport” (Media Culture of Basketball). People be on social media during the games. They like to post what’s going on during the game. According to Hutchins‚ Twitter also becomes
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In the 13th century‚ Marco Polo is one of the most famous traveller in the world. In 1271‚ he has a travel to China from Italy with his father and uncle‚ Nicolo and Maffeo Polo. They bring culture of European to China‚ and realized the way of life in Chinese. In 1254 ‚ Marco Polo was born in Venice . He lived in a business family and has a good education basis. He had received a good geography education‚ learning a lot of business subjects such as foreign currency‚ valuation‚ cargo management
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“Rather than unreflexively adopting a lifestyle‚ through tradition or habit‚ the new heroes of consumer culture make lifestyle a life project and display their individuality and sense of style in the particularity of the assemblage of goods‚ clothes‚ practices‚ experiences‚ appearance and bodily dispositions they design together into a lifestyle.” Pg 35. Growing up as a teenager‚ brands made a huge impact on I felt about myself and others. I thought that kids who had cooler brands than me had a higher
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Dimensions of Culture‚ Values‚ and Communication Culture shapes the way a society lives their life (Schafer‚ 2003). There are several elements of culture. These elements include language‚ norms‚ sanctions‚ and values (Schafer‚ 2003). The fountain of every culture is based on language. "Language is an abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture" (Schafer‚ 2003‚ p. 56). Norms are defined as " established standards of behavior maintained by a society" (Schafer‚ 2003‚ p.58)
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objection questioned the reasoning for the slave’s obedience to the European culture. Through the eyes of the slaves‚ specifically Oroonoko‚ the narrator was introduced to the African perspective of the European people. By examining their interpretation of the relationship between the two cultures‚ Oroonoko addressed an imperative and insightful question: “...and shall we render obedience to such a degenerate race‚ who have no one human virtue left to distinguish ‘em from the vilest creatures?” (Behn
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Television news/current affairs is nothing more than another form of entertainment. Discuss. Since the television was invented in 1924‚ news and current affair programs have become one of our main media sources. These sources attempt to inform on the cultural‚ political and social events of current importance and interest. However‚ through analysis of construction‚ it becomes evident that current affairs do not present true fact‚ instead show a representation of reality that is of interest to
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de México 12 de Mayo 2010 Introduction to the Current War in Afghanistan On September 11th‚ 2001 the American Way of Life changed drastically. The American people were under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist attacks that killed thousands of American citizens. The victims were in their offices and airplanes; they were average Americans carrying out their jobs in what seemed like a regular Tuesday. However‚ not only had thousands of lives been ended by the biggest terrorist
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What is an American? The American Dream... a concept‚ which is very popular amongst the people who reside within the United States of America. When asked the question “What exactly is the American Dream” the answers most people will get would be quite similar to each other‚ but the way people interpret that answer differs based on what their values are. The problem is that Americans have many different values due to the fact that most Americans come from different ethnic
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5 Slave Culture: African or American Despite the abduction of millions of blacks from their homeland‚ slaves developed a strong familial camaraderie in America‚ retaining their African traditions as seen through dance‚ language‚ clothing and hairstyle. Although kinship ties were usually broken during the slavery process‚ blacks living on the same plantation created a strong-knit community that took part in festivals that highlighted the vibrant music and dancing of the African culture. Additionally
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