LiYan Mao Anthropology 2202 Instructor: Lisa Beiswenger 11/16/13 Expressive culture: behaviors and beliefs related to art‚ leisure and play. Art and culture: Art is the application of imagination‚ skill and style to matter‚ movement‚ and sound that goes beyond the purely practical. Western fine art: rare‚ expensive art produced by artists trained in the western classical tradition. Esthetics: refers to socially accepted notion of quality. Ethno-esthetics: culturally specific definition
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The ancient Chinese custom of footbinding caused severe life-long suffering for the Chinese women involved. When researching the subject of footbinding‚ one of the difficult things is finding factual knowledge written before the 20th century. Most of the historical data has been gathered from writings‚ drawings and photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries. Additionally‚ the research indicates that the historical documentation was mainly from missionary accounts and literature from various anti-footbinding
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lost a soldier in Wanping. To find this man‚ they ordered the Chinese government to let them into the city‚ but the government denied them entry. Today‚ the Japanese‚ infuriated‚ struck the city with full force‚ quickly taking it as their own. For more on this‚ we go to our field correspondent in Wanping‚ Chrysanthemum McButterscotchington. C Mac‚ can you hear me? C Mac: Loud and clear‚ Jon. It is certainly a brutal scene here in Wanping. I’m here with Chinese citizen Wang Xiaowen. Wang‚ how did
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Chinese Business Name : Febrianto Wijaya Introduction It is often argued that when business persons of different cultures negotiate commercial deals‚ there is bound to be a culture clash. I disagree with this view. It is true that cultural differences influence business negotiations but with the appropriate approach to deal with the differences‚ culture clash is to be least expected in any business negotiations‚ especially with the Chinese. As Sun Tzu would advised in his book The Art
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CHINESE INFLUENCE ON YOUR CULTURE Historically‚ Vietnam has undergone many wars with some countries all over the world. After each war‚ Vietnamese culture was influenced by those countries. Especially‚ China is the huge country‚ which dominated Vietnam for a thousand years‚ (countryside‚ n‚d). Thus‚ it is no surprise that Vietnamese culture has been affected by Chinese culture in many aspects such as calendar‚ language‚ religion and food. The most obvious influence can be seen is the calendar.
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PBS describes the underground railroad‚ or freedom train as "a complex network of places and people that lead runaway slaves from captivity". Many individuals of varying racial backgrounds provided food and shelter for the runaway slaves. These brave people were known as "conductors". While the underground railroad had many conductors‚ perhaps the most well-known and influential was African-American woman Harriet Tubman‚ who used her diverse culture not as a crutch‚ but as an instrument of leadership
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republican ideals. After the Chinese Civil War during the Communist era‚ China ’s government‚ under Mao Zedong ’s leadership‚ from 1949 to 1978‚ worked to unify China under one single social class. Finally‚ from 1978 to the present‚ a movement opening China to the world and international markets has provoked a new educational policy preparing the Chinese students to the modern world the complexity of Chinese society in 2012. Despite the reforms implemented by the Chinese government during the past
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Reading Log for Fiction Sydney V. Best Title: Chinese Cinderella; The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter Author: Adeline Yen Mah Page Range: 1-42 Entry 1: “I did as I was told. Though I was only four years old‚ I understood I should not ask Aunt Baba too many questions about dead mama.” (Mah 3) Question 1: Who is speaking? Where does this particular scene take place (setting?) Explain the character’s thoughts‚ motives‚ and actions (i.e. what does this person
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Chinese Traditions Values for one society may seem strange to another society‚ but nonetheless‚ they are important to that society. For instance‚ the painful and debilitating Chinese tradition of foot binding‚ as bizarre as it may seem to our culture‚ to the Chinese people‚ it was the esoteric essence of pure beauty and signified status within the family structure‚ allowing young women with lotus feet better opportunities for marriage with well-to-do families. Traditional Chinese courtyard life
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Running Head: Nogo WEEK ONE CASE STUDY: NOGO RAILROAD In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Managing Innovation and Change- Section B ( NOGO RAILROAD CASE ANALYSIS FORM I. Problems A. Macro Looking at the situation form a macro standpoint‚ the problems that can be identified from this case analysis is that the organizations policies and practices are outdated‚ and under designed. This problem creates unwanted debt to the company‚ and does not allow for transitional change management
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