Emotions and culture

Ethnocentrism is basically a practice in which people give more value to their own culture, tradition or religion than those of others. In this league of excessive pride that they have for their own culture, they disrespect the other culture and hurt the feelings of the others. They think others to be inferior than them. Cultural shock occurs when people come to know about the practices followed by the people of different culture with which they are not familiar with and…

To what extent do you think the U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture? I believe that U.S. and Canadian magazine dispute is motivated by the Canadian government’s desire to protect Canadian culture and local magazine from foreign completion. Although Canada is a second large country in the world, it has less population than the State of California alone. Therefore, the market of newspapers and magazines are much smaller that in the USA.…

limit and restrict it; this in turn moulds one’s sense of acceptance and value of being. This idea is explored in the picture book, The Island by Armin Greder which analyses segregation and discrimination, and further alludes to the strong xenophobic culture and how such ideals can influence the experience of belonging. Similarly to Ray Bradbury’s, Dark They Were And Golden Eyed [DTWAGE], which expresses…

Comedy, like every good theatrical performance, needs to engage the audience by evoking emotions based on what is shown on stage. However, a comical play calls for laughter, which tends to disengage audience’s attention from the play’s context. This self-contradictory nature of comedy seems to work against the aim of theater. This makes comedy a difficult theatrical art to work with because since it should find the right balance in its nature. Woodruff points out that “the paradox of comedy is…

One such aspect of these forces in action is when someone lives in poverty, or when they live in a culture in which impoverished conditions exist. There are multiple factors that could cause depression when someone lives in poverty, such as lack of adequate shelter, medical necessities, or even food, all of which are basic for human survival (Belle & Doucet…

Is music the key to psychological well-being? For ages, humanity has listened to music as the melodic plucking of string instruments and the rhythmic beats of the drum. Music has helped create culture and inspired masses across the globe. Today, researchers are finding out new details how music can improve the lives of billions. However, many perceive music to be only an amusement, not for medicinal purposes. Although music often is dismissed as pleasure, it should be considered as a therapeutic…

feelings. The song “You Make Me Sick” by Egypt Central should be listened to because people can often relate to it, whether a person is having a bad day, good day, or just need to listen to something with feeling in it. Music is essential to our culture, and this is just one song most of society can relate to because of its lyrics, good beat, and overall message. Music has inspired people since the begging of time, and will continue to do so. There are several components to consider when…

Because different cultures are used in films, they have portrayed a negative impact on the cultures that are used. As the ‘bad guy’ image gets created in the films, viewers take that as an implicit meaning after viewing the film that all people under that culture act like that in real life. Being able to balance what is real and what is shown are two different things, but the mafia genre has…

protagonists in A Complicated Kindness and The Kite Runner convey that identities are socially constructed. Background information: Six topics or persuasive reasons for the body paragraphs: Body 1: parenting Body 2: conflict Body 3: culture Body 4: gender Body 5: genetics Conclusion sentence: These factors all intertwine and are the main influences for shaping the protagonist’s identity. Furthermore, this is formed by the people that surround a person, their…

everyone". Music is another important aspect the Filipino culture; "you said music, and my mouth wanted to start singing and my feet to dance". These words from my mother-in-law immediately lit something in me; I recognized the emotions with which she spoke of her country and her culture. I was sitting there, interviewing a person from a completely different cultural background, yet her stories and facts seemed so familiar to me, to my own Latino culture. We laughed for a moment, and then I…