English culture

Burgess) Colonialism could actually be perceived as the complete opposite of spreading reason, depending on one’s perspective. Colonialism is defined as one group, dominant and self-perceived as superior, imposing its morals, values, technology, and culture upon another group of people. This intrusion into an established identity of a people could instead be viewed as rather unreasonable. Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga portrays the struggles of different people living in Rhodesia…

grounded upon Raymond Williams’ concept of the dominant society and the perpetual flux between filtering residual and emergent cultures, the existence of the novel by such definitions are placed into that of the former. Novels represent a notion of residual culture that has been deeply absorbed within the current superstructure as “they contribute to the effective dominant culture and are a central articulation of it” (Williams 1434), while creating more production for the base through…

The postcolonial period incorporates such unsettled issues as formation of cultures and identities and to what extent entire decolonization can be achieved not only in the political area but also in the cultural and psychological aspects of the colonized societies. Since the beginning of the second half of the twentieth century, discussions on whether identities and cultural properties are fixed and stable or protean and unsettled have been in progress ardently without any unanimity. One of the…

of a culture and the beliefs and values that are important in a society today. Through the use of language, technology and story telling we see how various types of communication have affected and evolved the Indian society. The affect of post colonialism too shows to have an affect on language and values. Language has deeply affected communication and relationships in India for centuries. The fact that India has so many languages and dialects in the one country shows the diversity of culture…

Spain is a country whose culture was created through a fusion of religion and the environment which surrounds the country. In the 21st century, many traditional, local cultures have been lost, overpowered by the combined effects of both a strong central culture and globalism. These two seemingly contradictory terms have managed to coexist, at least for the time being, but that has not been without its tribulations. The folk culture practiced in Spain today includes styles of dance, religious…

face such as the identity crisis the face, the machismos and the infringement of the Hispanic culture. In the chapter “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” Anzaldúa describes the Chicano(a) in the United States are told not to express themselves in their native language as “linguistic terrorism” since it instills fear and shame in their native language. In order to understand the important language in culture, it must be defined first. Language is defined as the way words are pronounces, combined,…

reflect on their own awareness of different cultures and align these reflections to their classrooms and communities. Teachers should consider if their own classrooms corporate guest speakers, studies of countries food, culture, and languages that reflect the students population. The literature in the classroom should represent cultures appropriately and have a sense of openness to different cultures in the classroom. If classrooms don’t reflect student’s cultures this can result into students…

simple representations of another culture can be offensive. The song/film “Bhool Bhulaiyaa”, Iggy Azalea’s song “Bounce”, and the Newsweek Article “God of all Things” fall victim to cultural appropriation in what seems to be a harmless representation of another culture. The song/film Bhool Bhulaiyaa depicts what seems to be a rap video with a lot of aspects from modern American culture. The video was meant to be in Hindu and for an Indian audience, however it is in English. A majority of the…

very long to learn and understand before using it on someone with hearing difficulties. Another barrier to communication could be if they have speech difficulties, this usually happens if that person is from another country where they do not speak English at all. It can be very difficult for them to understand what we are saying, so for them to understand you have to break it down and use hand gestures. • Physical barriers to non-verbal communication. Not being able to see the non-verbal cues,…

children to go to church, speak English, and act as if they were white as well. This behavioural correctional often led the kids to be confused and in some cases, turn a blind eye on their own culture. This was the case with Kay who, when taken away received a distorted and close-minded perception of what should and shouldn’t be. It was because of this teaching that caused Kay to turn her back on her family completely and adapt to the white people’s ways, abandoning the culture that she had…