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2.2.4 Factors influencing the practice of FGM. Different races and cultures have a variety of reasons for carrying out FGM. In West Africa, this may be related to different ethnic and tribal cultures, family relations, tribal connections, class, economic and social circumstances, and education etc. (Ahmadi &Amir, 2013). Amongst the factors that encourage families to circumcise their daughters is the family’s concern about the girl’s inability to marry if she is not circumcised (Dorkenoo, 1995).…

explores the issues of cultural conflict, alienation, dislocation of Indian culture, diaspora and quest for identity. It reflects the loneliness and the search of self being experienced by the immigrants. The beginning of the novel poses the identity issues of the immigrants by the narrator such as, ‘Should the immigrant attempt to integrate and be more like the people in his or her adopted country or keep at preserving his/her cultures and traditions in a threat of the surroundings that…

Popular Culture Final Assignment A. Questions and Answers 1. What is meant by high culture, low culture, and folk culture? Explain and give some example! Answer: According to Rob Kroes (1996) in the book entitled If You’ve Seen One, You’ve Seen the Mall, Europeans has the metaphors that the use to visualize America and one of those metaphors ‘represents it as a country of leveling, erosion, and shallowness’. Kroes also mentions how ‘Europeans tend to pride themselves on a firm sense of…

he argues on how the importance of popular culture is overlooked by scholars who claim it does not meet academic requirements. Trussell explains the effects of popular culture and how they change culture itself. Although it is commonly under heavy criticism from scholars who view it as trivial, he believes that popular culture should be studied in the way past culture is studied today. Despite people 's opinions on it, I agree with Trussell, popular culture has importance and it should be…

Avoiding popular culture can be difficult, since popular culture is ubiquitous. Popular culture is seen everywhere from billboards to computer advertisements. Popular culture is also such a large part of young American identities, since it helps teenagers express who they are more adequately. However, I did not really have the opportunity to do this because I felt as though I needed to save my money to better my life. Once I turned sixteen, I got a job because I knew I was going to have to rely…

most successful artists of the 20th century, Andy Warhol was truly transcendent. His early works of commercial art and magazine spreads changed the way the world viewed magazines and newspapers. Andy Warhol has made a long lasting impact on the pop culture with his abstract paintings? Born Andrew Warhola on August 6, 1928, in Oakland in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Andy Warhol's parents were Slovakian immigrants. His father, Ondrej Warhola, was…

Many individuals would ask, what is pop culture? “Popular culture is a term that once characterized mass-produced or low-brow culture: pop music, potboilers and page-turners, movies, comics, advertising, and radio and television.” Today, pop culture remains particularly aimed at younger people; however, popular culture may be targeted at anyone of any age group. Popular culture may influence our thoughts, likes, dislikes, behavior, and many other characteristics of an individual. First, in…

Popular culture has become increasingly large with the creation of the internet and an increasing number of personal computers, so it only seems natural that pop culture would eventually be discussed in academia. Pop culture, specifically fantasy novels and movies, teach people a great deal about history, creation stories, and many other college and university focused topics. It also helps student facilitate their learning as they can discuss topics and concepts that are focused through their…

In general, there will always be conflict and the hardest conflict to solve is social conflicts because you are dealing with people who practice differently religious and of a different culture. Therefore, because of different cultures there will always be some type of conflict in the workplace, homes or in our everyday surrounding. Furthermore, in the process of trying to solve resolved an intractable issue that it might not be resolved by communication or negotiation techniques because they…

documentary film production, distribution and censorship. Whereas when Paromita Vohra, acclaimed for her documentaries on urban life, popular culture and gender like Morality TV and Loving Jihad (2007), entered much later, in 1995 she had to deal with a completely different media-scape. Each adapted methods and techniques to suit the political and historical context in which they worked. Patwardhan and Vohra through their documentaries Bombay Our City and Morality TV and Loving Jihad…