In the article titled How Sushi Went Global written by Theodore C. Bestor, Bestor discusses the transformation of the Sushi industry over the past decades. Bestor states, “as the world rearranges itself around silicon chips, Starbucks coffee, or sashimi-grade tuna new channels for global flow of capital and commodities link far flung individuals and communities in unexpected new relationships” (McCurby & Spradley, 2012). Bestor’s point is that when the demand is high for a product not only does it benefit the country where it originates from, but new connections and relationships are formed with different cultures. Basically, it is through certain products that are consumed around the world that each culture identity is distinguished from
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Gunnerature and Bjork state, “As culture becomes objected and transformed, social relationships also undergo change and are understood in new ways” (McCurby & Spradley, 2012). The point that Gunnerature and Bjork are trying to make is that ethnic identity is a highly complex and is way of serving as the basis for conflict within the world. For instance, Gunnerature and Bjork state, “tour operators represented the Tharu inaccurately. Although Tharu do display some ethnic differences from other Nepalese, they are not primitive aborigines that time had forgotten. Instead, they are an integral part of contemporary Nepali society” (McCurby & Spradley, 2012). In other words, even though the Tharu cultures ethnic identity had become different from the Nepalese because of the tourist miss -representation of them they had become the basis of …show more content…
For many refugees it isn’t only the treatment that they have to worry about but also the adaption that they must overcome to better themselves. Shandy states, “Starting a life in a vastly different cultural environment than the one they were raised in presents a number of hardships. Refugees cope with these challenges by trying to maintain their original ethnic group identity” (McCurby & Spradley, 2012). In other words, Shandy’s point is that ethnic identity can differ in significance while new characteristics can form while old ones can vanish once a person establishes themselves in a new
Gunnerature and Bjork state, “As culture becomes objected and transformed, social relationships also undergo change and are understood in new ways” (McCurby & Spradley, 2012). The point that Gunnerature and Bjork are trying to make is that ethnic identity is a highly complex and is way of serving as the basis for conflict within the world. For instance, Gunnerature and Bjork state, “tour operators represented the Tharu inaccurately. Although Tharu do display some ethnic differences from other Nepalese, they are not primitive aborigines that time had forgotten. Instead, they are an integral part of contemporary Nepali society” (McCurby & Spradley, 2012). In other words, even though the Tharu cultures ethnic identity had become different from the Nepalese because of the tourist miss -representation of them they had become the basis of …show more content…
For many refugees it isn’t only the treatment that they have to worry about but also the adaption that they must overcome to better themselves. Shandy states, “Starting a life in a vastly different cultural environment than the one they were raised in presents a number of hardships. Refugees cope with these challenges by trying to maintain their original ethnic group identity” (McCurby & Spradley, 2012). In other words, Shandy’s point is that ethnic identity can differ in significance while new characteristics can form while old ones can vanish once a person establishes themselves in a new