Ferro's Definition Of Culture Shock

Culture shock is when someone is introduced to a culture that is unlike the culture they consider to be normal, and they will most likely start to experience some kind of psychological disorientation. Ferraro first gives us his definition of culture shock which is pretty much the same definition everyone now uses to explain culture shock. He says that culture shock is a kind of disorientation someone experiences when they are introduced into a new culture which Ferraro explains could result in “depression, overeating, or irritability.” I like the example that Ferraro gives with the handshake. I had an experience while visiting Ecuador I was introduced to the amazing South American culture where the women kiss your cheek when they are greeting you. Here in America, we greet …show more content…
Wormsley goes on to explain that anthropologists and tourists experience culture shock differently. For an anthropologist he explains that they would be living in a culture for years and then have to return home to a culture much different than the one they had been experiencing for so long and have to regain memories of what it was like, and start to learn to live in their culture again but also keep habits they learned from that culture. Now a tourist would only experience this culture for only a short time, they would be hitting the sights, keeping away from danger, unlike an anthropologist who would most likely be living among the people of that culture, and learning the things they do daily to teach others about this amazing culture they were able to be apart of, hopefully, help us experience it through their eyes. It makes me ask the question of; What if anthropologists were to share more about a culture they were able to live in and to actually be able to