Ethnocentrism refers to the viewing,interpreting, and comprehending of a specific culture by looking at it through the eyes and standards of the culture that a person belongs to. We judge and evaluate a specific culture using the criteria and knowledge of the culture we know, which is our own. In movies it is seen as an entertainment device and the one I chose is heavily reliant on misunderstandings of cutural differences.
There a quite a few movies that I think show ethnocentrism like, American Wedding, My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Avatar. I chose the movie "Lost in Translation" which is another one. It starred Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. It’s about two people who had to travel to Japan for business and meet and become good friends. All through the movie …show more content…
What happened to these two people happens a lot when people travel to places where they don’t understand all its aspects and cultures. I believe these could have been handled in a non-ethnocentric manner by using the anthropological tools.
* They could have watched the people to learn about their culture and ways of living.
* They could have studied up on Japans culture before going by studying their ways of living, geographic traits, foods, and language.
* They could have asked questions of the locals to try to understand the culture.
* They could have tried to understand the culture. If they understood, they wouldn’t have made fun of it.
* They could have tried to participate in customs and traditions.
* They could of used better moral judgment and try to respect Japans culture and treat them “as good as” one’s
There a quite a few movies that I think show ethnocentrism like, American Wedding, My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Avatar. I chose the movie "Lost in Translation" which is another one. It starred Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. It’s about two people who had to travel to Japan for business and meet and become good friends. All through the movie …show more content…
What happened to these two people happens a lot when people travel to places where they don’t understand all its aspects and cultures. I believe these could have been handled in a non-ethnocentric manner by using the anthropological tools.
* They could have watched the people to learn about their culture and ways of living.
* They could have studied up on Japans culture before going by studying their ways of living, geographic traits, foods, and language.
* They could have asked questions of the locals to try to understand the culture.
* They could have tried to understand the culture. If they understood, they wouldn’t have made fun of it.
* They could have tried to participate in customs and traditions.
* They could of used better moral judgment and try to respect Japans culture and treat them “as good as” one’s