Cultural studies

To Live The movie “To Live” explains the life of an average Chinese family through the feudalist Warlord Era, the labor-intensive Great Leap Forward, and the communist Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. “To Live” shows how China moved from a feudal system to a communist system during the twentieth century. This family consists of Fugui (the husband), Jiazhen (the wife), Fengxia (the daughter), and Youquing (the son). At the time, China was struggling to unite. This…

while peasants were living there dream. In document number 7 by an Unknown author that was a photographer wanted people interested in the effects of the cultural revolution to be informed on the negative effects of the cultural revolution in China 1996. He was a photographer that was able to take pictures of the negative effects of the cultural revolution. In this document, it gives information on how religion was being thrown away, not allowed. This reveals on how the society was not ecstatic…

commit. While cultural relativism looks back at the culture to decipher right and wrong, Hobbes’ viewpoint suggests that individuals are right until they commit a crime and then they are deemed wrong. The issue is in a state of nature, we cannot look back to a culture to decide for ourselves what is moral and immoral in a state of war when there are individuals who are not bound by laws or a governing body to oversee them. Additionally, Hobbes would agree that the idea of cultural relativism…

he events that unfolded throughout the Great Proletarian Chinese Cultural Revolution, from 1966 1967, fundamentally arose Mao’s fundamental policy of permanent revolution, and the political status of China after the communist seizure of power in 1949. Furthermore, there were four key occurrences that contributed directly to the introduction of the Revolution. In addition to the long term political cause that was the establishment of Mao’s totalitarian control from 1948, a further indirect causes…

First off, cultural identity is formed through community and society; in contrast political identity focuses more on the actions that one has taken because of the influences by other individuals. In an article called, “Individual identity and freedom of choice in the…

The idea of someone in a lab coat doing experiments in a lab brings about a certain type of thinking towards research. The stereotype makes many people feel as though there is only one way to learn something new, or to conduct research. To many people who took any science classes in high school or even elementary, they’ve been taught that all research must be unbiased and that there must be a control involved. That isn’t always true, not everything has to be black in white. In fact,…

“The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, were ill-conceived and led to disastrous consequences.” (Scharm) In consequence of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, Mao enforced anti-rightest movement which was just the start of Mao’s reign of terror. Mao felt hated and rejected, therefore, to fix the problem Mao simply decided to exterminate all of the people who were against him. These people who were typically educated, independent thinkers were called the Rightists and to make them agree…

effect on them emotionally and psychologically. For Elijah, it stripped him of his cultural identity and moral compass, while for Xavier, he tried to maintain his cultural values in what is an appalling experience. The author contrasts the two characters in their loss of cultural values, the pressure of assimilation on their identity, and moral corruption. For Xavier and Elijah, going into the army tested the cultural values of their Cree heritage. Both exceled in hunting and survival skills…

derogatory manner. Growing up in West Virginia, a predominantly Caucasian state, Caleb was not exposed to such cultural diversity and thus had no one to tell him that his language would be offensive in the workplace. Caleb simply used the language his peers used in a non-racist or hateful manner; he just did not know he would be offensive to some people. With this, Caleb expressed a low level of cultural competence, “the level of knowledge a person has about others who differ in some way in…

that would lead to an employee’s personal growth such as wellness, interpersonal communications, and technology skills. The exact training offerings would be determined through a needs survey to employees. The Cultural Competency training program would address cultural sensitivity, cultural norms, and diversity…