Mexican Culture Essay

In the 1980s, the recognized American/Mexican (chicana) theorist and writer, Gloria Anzaldua, published her semi-autobiographical book Borderlands/La Frontera. By narrating her life as a chicana, an American of Mexican descent, Anzaldua explains the existence of cultural barriers and how she managed to find her own true cultural identity while living on the border. As a tribute to her work, Emma Perez, an associate professor at the University of Colorado, wrote “Gloria Anzaldúa: La Gran Nueva…

of the world” means. From shaping personalities to affecting perceptions, culture is the invisible bond that ties individuals together in a society. At a young age, people absorb cultural values and beliefs which are manifested through one’s lifestyle. Culture strongly influences the ways of thinking and living. The differences in these factors is what causes diversity among cultures in several parts of the world. Culture is associated with the progression of one’s attitude and influences the…

Treviño, Roberto R. The Church in the Barrio Mexican American ethno-Catholicism in Houston. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006. In the book, The Church in the Barrio Mexican American ethno-Catholicism in Houston, Roberto R. Treviño begins by discussing his past growing up in a catholic culture along with being a minority. Treviño discusses how U.S. catholic culture is automatically assumed to be Mexican Americans and the Mexicans are mostly focused on the faith tradition.…

home with a sub group and would not yield the revenue a common neutral hero villain movie would yield. One may see this from a negative aspect but the fact that a movie was made that depicts the immigrant struggle is a move forward for the Latino culture. El Norte sends the viewer into an authentic “helicopter view” of the struggle for survival of the main protagonists Enrique and Rosa; a brother and sister that are in their early twenties when their father a labor organizer plans a revolt…

requirement in any professional communication environment, examining the Hispanic cultural finds its importance in today’s reality. With the American society such as it is, an insight into the competence and sensitivity in the Hispanic culture, more specifically, that of the Mexican-American orientation, is not only timely but one would argue, a necessity. Purnell and Paulanka, 1998 defined cultural competence as developing an awareness of one’s existence, sensations and…

notions. Like traveling, diversity broadens the mind because when one experiences different cultures, one develops a sense or awareness of other people’s way of living in relation to theirs. Diversity does not just bring enhanced awareness to the mind but it also drives for innovation in a competitive or collaborative environment. The reason that we as a country need to promote and celebrate different cultures is because the United States is an exponentially growing ethnically diverse country,…

The complexities of culture have been around for generations. Today however, it has become necessary to acknowledge and gain an awareness of different cultures. Especially in the field of counseling. The role of Social Identity Factors in the development and the ADDRESSING systems as a cultural tool in assisting the counselor in ideneritying M worldview and influences have an impact on how cultural awareness. This biases, psychologists recognize 10 major factors of cultural difference that are…

In the class reading “The Hold Life Has,” Catherine Allen talks about her life as an ethnographer living among indigenous peoples and discusses their culture and ways of life. A major aspect of the indigenous culture is the growth and usage of coca leaves. The leaves have been used in the Andes by the natives for generations. However, these leaves are unfortunately also used to create cocaine. With the United States’ “War on Drugs,” the coca leaves have become a source of contention between…

There are many syndromes that appear within a culture and its lifetime, some more prevalent than others. Since food is one of the necessities required to sustain our human life, one of the biggest “culture-bound” syndromes that the western part of the world is prone to is eating disorders, specifically anorexia nervosa. Anorexia itself is a medical condition, in which a person is underweight due to medical reasoning, but anorexia nervosa is a condition in which an individual is obsessed with an…

about affirmative action. What does the term “minority student” mean? Is it something we want to be classified as? I had an experience in high school in which a student denied a part of himself. His mother is Anglo and his father is Mexican. However, throughout school, when it was time to check on the ethnicity, he would check out Anglo. He did this throughout his years in school, but when it was his senior year something happened. He decided to go talk to his counselor and…