Cultural studies

Stepheny Saavedra Anthropology 340 Dec. 1, 2016 “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” is one of the many cases that exemplify the barriers and obstacles people from distinct cultures encounter due to their ethnocentrism and lack of cultural relativism. After escaping to the U.S., a place completely different from what they called home, the Lees had to adapt and place their trust on strangers (to save their daughter) who viewed a condition with spiritual origin to the Hmong as a…

A country’s decision to use force on its own people is always a difficult one. A country that has gone through many changes and still trying to find its way has to balance many factors when attempting to determine how to respond to a demonstration of it’s citizens. The use of military force to clear protesters from China’s historically and politically significant Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989 was the result of a tumultuous debate about the direction China must follow in the post-Mao era among…

In analyzing The Man Who Would Be King orientalism is depicted as being quite the opposite of what the western culture sees it to be throughout the film. Orientalism is the point of view that the western man has on the eastern culture. Huston’s attempt to treat the differences between western and eastern cultures are present by the presentence of two ex-British officers, Peachy Carnehan and Daniel Dravot. In the western culture, people are characterized as masculine, democratic, and logical to…

Can a murderer’s philosophy be moral? Some of life 's hardest problems require one to take a moral stance on an issue. The difficult part is not the action of taking the stance, but figuring out if that stance would be seen as moral. The morality of such stances cause debates all over the world, as the morality of the stance can differ from person to person. As Benedict states, “A normal action is one which falls well within the limits of expected behavior for a particular society,” and the…

1___Scale is a geographic tool for creating and interpreting maps. Scale also has a broader meaning for geographers, as the relationship between any phenomenon and Earth as a whole. 2___A region is an area characterized by a unique combination of features. 3___A formal region is an area within which everyone has one or more distinctive characteristics in common, whereas A functional region is an area organized around a node or focal point. 4___An example of a functional region is the…

contains an examination of power and its limitations, especially as it relates to attempts to control others. Power is a multifaceted thing, and people have power over others in some ways while lacking it others. The novel takes place during the Cultural Revolution, and the Chinese government attempts to use its power to shape people and society as it sees fit. Luo and the narrator are expected to submit to the process of re-education and the village headman who leads it. However, they are also…

geography and physical geography but there are also some differences between human geography and physical geography. Here are some answers from the internet. Human geography is the study of people, where they lived, their cultures, how do their work, their food, homes, and religion. Physical geography is the study of earth's land, features, landforms, mountains, valleys, plains, climate, environment, nonliving things, living things, plants, soil, and animals. ("What Is the Difference…

The Hawker Centre is a quintessential element of the Singapore culture. Hawker Centres has provided a distinctive attraction to curious tourists and a locus of memories for Singaporean away from home. It pulsates with a life and rhythm unique to Singapore (Kong, 2007). Hawker Centres serves as a spontaneous gathering point for many residents, providing opportunities for stall owners and customers to interact and it also manifest aspects of local communities and its everyday life. In Singapore,…

heritage. Heritage sites in UK attract the tourists all over the world. Historic sites in the UK like Westminster palace needed to be repaired and conserved from time to time. Therefore, there are various regulations are in existence for protecting the cultural heritage sites (Timothy, 2011). As per the above information, it can be said that in the UK BID is supported by the government and private sector too. These historic sites are assets for tourism development as mentioned in the above…

Throughout the world, there is a great plethora of similarities and differences. For example, if we were to compare how a person lives in the city versus one in a rural area we would how they interact with others, possibly daily diets, and what they do for fun. Of course each person has their own way of doing their own thing if not life would be pretty redundant. The most fascinating part of this is comparing the similarities and differences of the British police and U.S police and what makes…