Anthropology

Throughout my high school education and into my college English literature and compositions courses, I have read numerous pieces that have left a lasting impression on me. However, it is Claudia Rankine’s novel, Citizen: An American Lyric, that has truly inspired and moved me in ways that brought tears to my eyes as I was faced with harsh reality of the racial discrimination in this country. Rankine presents, examines, and criticizes the racial discrimination faced and felt through countless…

Engaging in Cultural Awareness: An Overview of Cuba Human beings are part of either families or communities that separate themselves by ethnic, class or cultural points of view. These aspects are critical in shaping aspects of human comprehension about the way that the world should be. Cultural awareness is a support for creating communication that spurs human beings to view the world from the stance of others and be more clearly aware of their own cultural views and opinions. Cultural awareness…

Jeffrey H. Cohen. 2015. Eating Soup without a Spoon: Anthropological Theory and Method in the Real World. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. In Cohen’s book, Eating Soup without a Spoon, the author writes about his experiences working for the first time out in the field. Having spent a year in the village of Santa Ana in Oaxaca, Mexico, Cohen details the process of fieldwork here, the trials, successes, and everyday life involved in anthropological fieldwork. Cohen’s intention in detailing…

Culture is “the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively” (Culture n.d.).The culture of jazz and jazz performers is deeply embedded in American History. However, within Jazz culture the Latin jazz performers sub-culture emerged during the 1940’s and has continued to grow since. From the time when Latin Jazz was created, its performers have been considered a subculture due to the fact that they not only play the same music, but they share the same…

Invisible Culture Most struggles of cultural identity come from someone not being able to define their culture or not being accepted because of their multiculturalism, but my struggle with cultural identity is different—I don’t know how to define mine. I am caucasian, and I can trace my roots to ancestors that are German, French, Dutch, Irish, and pretty much anywhere in Europe, but I don’t know specific amounts. My parents were both born in the U.S. and my mom has lived here her whole life,…

In a real sense, language plays a major role in the world society as it not only express one’s identity but also constructs the identities. Language refers to a common body of words and system that is used by people of the same community or nation. Conversely, identity refers to a person or group’s beliefs, personality or expression that makes them. However, there is a significant intersection between one’s language and identity as it will be discussed in the essay. In other words, it will…

When looking at the definition of folkway - a mode of thinking, feeling, or acting common to a given group of people or unspoken rules of society that guide our behavior every day – I immediately began to think about the many differences of the variation of people with which I work. I work in a medical office with 10 other females and 3 males. We have varying ages, religions, races, and vary in personalities drastically. For the most part, we are very close and all get along very well…

Throughout the history of mankind, societies have been evolving, changing, developing and growing in many different ways, and one of the main characteristics about human’s societies is the variety of different cultures that holds; for instance, aspects like food, religion, language, music or sports can provide important clues about how a country is. When you think of two different countries in these terms, China and Venezuela might come to mind. These kinds of differences could be easier to…

Past events are considered historical if they are meaningful and made an impact on the country. Every person has their own perspective on historical events. These personal perceptions are formed by a number of circumstances and can change through their life. Historical events can have various impacts on people depending where they lived in the country, and when an event took place. So much historical knowledge can be gained through hearing someone discuss events they were alive to experience.…

Field work methodology is known for fieldwork information collected outside of workplace. Fieldwork is used to compare and contrast communication among individuals in the community. The place that I had chosen to conduct my fieldwork experiment was a Hispanic restaurant. The restaurant is called El Mexicano Grill, it is located in Ennis, Texas. I choice a restaurant because communication is used constantly between the waitresses, customers, and the employees themselves. Also it’s my favorite…