Culture of Guatemala

The Influence of Media on the Older Teenager’s Values and Beliefs about Relationships Teenage (or any) relationships are often influenced by media that a person exposes themselves to. Personal beliefs and values, as well as those about people around you can be determined or affected by what media tells you or determines as ‘acceptable’. Core Values and Beliefs in Relationships While everyone’s personal and relationship viewpoints vary, there are certain values and beliefs that should be…

Introduction The culture in Hong Kong is varies from time to time, there are many unclear lines have been drawn in defining the cultural change since there are different narratives told by different “Hong Kongers”. From defining the cultural change in Hong Kong, to taking for granted that a genuine Hong Kong culture does exist. Especially after the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, it has propelled the the analysis of social and cultural phenomena in Hong Kong (Cheung & Tam, 1999). So, the period…

Introduction I was asked to do a reflective paper on the sociological-, anthropological, and theological perspective on diversity. I had to make use of these perspectives to reflect on my past experience of engaging with individuals with a class, culture or background different from my own. This is followed by how these perspectives influenced my view on diversity and how this will affect future relationships. Is it really that difficult to understand others that are different from us? Maybe…

(Andrews & Boyle, 2016) “transcultural healthcare refers to an evolving body of knowledge and practices regarding health-illness care patterns from a comparative perceptive of at least two or more designated cultures in order to determine the major features and health services of cultures” (Leininger, 2013) Transcultural Nursing is a Necessary Specialty According to Madeleine Leininger there are 8 reasons why transcultural nursing is important. 1: A marked increase in the number of people…

Introduction Having been exposed to foreign education from a young age has left me with a feeling of not belonging to a certain culture. Having had cultural influences that have been imposed through family and hereditary aspects but also shaping cultural value through experiences and everyday life in a foreign country have led to this outcome. I found this to be very interesting and hope to further my understanding of the cultural effects of foreign education through this research. I will aim to…

without knowing and evaluating the characteristic of individual is called cultural prejudice (Zhang and Xu, 2007). So in cross cultural communication people become judgmental about an individual on the basis of previous knowledge and common features of culture instead of analyzing the individual behavior. As a result it is very common to receive comments like you are from China so you don’t have human rights or you are from America so you don’t feel safe to go out at night. It is very easy to…

In this era, weddings are set to be celebrated in a grand scale because that is the norm of society. It is set to be a good way to celebrate love. This lavish of extravaganza weddings are more common in Asian countries as compared to other countries. Why are these so? Is it not a mere waste of money? There are a few factors that one believe it’s best to celebrate their wedding in a grand scale. According to Boo-Su Lyn from Malay Mail Online (2014) that has interviewed Dr. Farah and a few other…

us are conceived with an inner and outer culture. By and by, culture is a general public, religion, dressing, dialect, and race. Outside culture, is the surface, for example, attire, dialect, music, ethnicity, and even religion. Inward culture is the shallow inside, for instance, feelings, values, ethics, correspondence, and even deep sense of being. A person’s outer personality does not recognize their identity or their social character. Our inner culture somewhat does. However, people tend to…

Peter Newmark, defines culture as “the way of life and its manifestationsthat are peculiar to a community that uses a particular language as its means of expression” (1988:94). Consequently, each community has its own particular cultural patterns. The translator’s role becomes clearly a transcultural mediator between communities. Newmark sustains (1988:95) that language is not a component of culture, whereas Hans Vermeer remarks (2000:222) that language is part of a culture. In these terms,…

to Western culture, the mindset of “One is more attractive to another one if one is westernized,” is planted and rooted in most of the youth’s brain cell. In contrast to Asian culture which is conservative, Western culture is a more liberal policy towards material and non-material culture such as wearing, thinking, and others. In my opinion, I strongly agree with the writer’s opinion as it is undeniable that young people in general would rather prefer Western culture over Asian culture due to…