Cultural Revolution

How does an immigrant assimilate? We live in a world with about seven billion people and over 190 countries and this makes it extremely easy for people to leave their native land and migrant somewhere else, in search of a better future. One main destination for these immigrants is the US because it is scene as the land of hope and dreams, but when these foreign people arrive they face scrutiny and are expected to assimilate to the American culture. In Portes and Zhou’s piece, “Should immigrants…

Since assimilation indicates conformity to the pre-existing cultural norms of a dominant social group, it appears an unlikely prospect for newcomers to Canada. However, concurrently with the multicultural hypothesis, it seems that that Canadian political order does not suffer for lack of an assimilative emphasis (Harles…

Question #1 Part A: Anthropologists ask: How do different cultures define art, and what purposes does art serve? Use any type of art which you would like to explain the anthropological perspective on art. Be sure to refer to some key concepts discussed in the class lectures related to art. Part B: The anthropology of art does not treat such artifacts as “exotic objects,” but instead examines them for the roles they play in people’s lives. According to the class lecture, how were exotic…

that I related to the most would have to be El Norte and Mi Familia/My Family; due to the way they explore the issues of the reality of immigration, difficulty in achieving the American dream, the prevalence of immigrants in U.S. labor market, and cultural identity. When it comes to facing the harsh, raw truth of what it means to immigrate to the United States, El Norte and Mi Familia/My Family does a superb job of portraying that issue. I feel that I can relate to this mainly because my parents…

According to Barara Miller, Cultural anthropology is defined as the study of contemporary people and their cultures worldwide. This includes the changes that many cultures and societies undergo. To better understand how and why the people are living the way their cultures and society says is adequate, anthropologist must make assumptions about how their ancestors lived. Where the groups of hunter and gatherer humans settle may directly impact why some countries are rich and some are poor but are…

are part of everyday jargon and are inevitably interlinked. Nation commonly refers to a community of people that are associated with a particular territory or region and have been brought together as a result of the conjunction of psychological, cultural and political factors. These may also include literature, history, language, customs and religion. It is these elements that help people become conscious of a shared identity and brings within them a sense of solidarity. Nation also is at the…

In the past, there have been many cultural changing events that have helped contribute to today's society. Globalization has increased the spread of culture and the thought of one culture being superior to another has caused and will probably continue to cause problems worldwide. When one group starts to develop more power, sometimes they use it to try to kill other cultures. This could include changing people and trying to assimilate them like the First Nations, or physically killing everyone…

and Chris Langan. These individuals according to Outliers got ahead by having opportunities, Economic, Social, cultural capital and whether or not they had the opportunities available to be successful. Economic capital refers to the material wealth or economic power which would be money or power. Social capital refers to the social connection that we make in order to be successful. Cultural capital refers to have the…

issue, they are also quite similar because they show how people from different ethnical and cultural backgrounds interact with each other. Moreover, they also show how members of the same ethnic groups deal with each other and their own cultural identity. Both of these works show how the process of assimilation and their circumstances shape the way that different groups observe themselves and their cultural identity and the way they interact with each other which quite often indirectly leads to…

genetics, as well as our bones, diet, and health. Sociocultural anthropologists discover how people in different areas live and recognize the world around them. Linguistic archaeologists, as discussed in class, focus on the language in its social and cultural context across space and time. In the comparative perspective, the attempt to explain both the similarities and differences among people in the context of humanity as a whole. Anthropology pursues to find the principles prevailing over…