Transformation of culture

ideas associated with hybrid identity majorly through the characterization of second-generation immigrants in their films. The tensions associated with hybrid identity are set through the juxtaposition of two cultures; the original culture represented through…

Although food can be considered one of the cultural markers that reflects one’s ethnic or cultural orientation, its connection with Chinese American literature has not received the critical attention it deserves. However, with the introduction of Jade Snow Wong's representation of food in her search for identity in Fifth Chinese Daughter, it is hoped that new insights will be found like how food binds her family ties, and how it stimulates her quest for identity. This chapter explores the…

2009 and intertwined its revolutionary architecture by David Chipperfield with its ruin historiography, by visibly rendering the traces of destruction in the museum’s structure . This approach positioned the museum in the context of Germany’s memory culture and in this way, managed to convince the public of its…

Through the collection of fragments from “Great Expectations”, Matilda develops an overwhelming curiosity for white culture despite being taught a skewed perspective by her mother. Matilda’s identity is a social construct shaped by the interactions with the locals of Bougainville and the white world taught by Mr. Watts— a cultural hybridity (Nakatsuma, 2010). Although “Great Expectations” provides an escape from Matilda’s dreadful reality through the incorporation of fictional characters such as…

identity can be recognized as “who s/he is” as well as “who s/he has become.” Cultural identity comes from the past and is experiencing a continued transformation. On the other hand, Anzaldua believes that one’s identity can be shaped through breaking down the “labels and theories” used to control him/her (135). By positing herself in “borderlands between culture, races, languages, and gender,” she recognizes herself as a new mestiza (137). 2. According to Hall, colonialism plays a role in…

notions of hybridity and identity co-exist and reach beyond the conventional boundaries of nationhood. In her short story collection, “Interpreter of Maladies”, Jhumpa Lahiri portrays various characters that either belongs to what we may call as ‘mixed cultures’ placed either in rural India or promising world of America. They undergo a series of social, economical and psychological upheavals and in the process reveal their ‘self’ and ‘the connections with the society’ in a daring…

“Culture” can be defined in many ways. UNESCO has defined culture as the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features that characterize a society or a social group. It includes not only the arts and literature, but also modes of life, the fundamental rights of the human being, value systems, traditions and beliefs. Culture related undertakings contribute to an increase in the intellectual potential of populous and the building of a conscious, open and…

…In this essay, I am going to shed a light on two amazing countries, different but amazing in their differences. Both had unforgettable history, beautiful culture, economic transformation, and the people of these two countries. …Firstly, the history. I will start off on the UAE first. The UAE in the past was basically a desert, it was just like any other desert you see in this day but even though it had nothing on land, there were riches under it that transformed the country to what it is now…

consideration between the complex realities of African literature. In the article Reading Through Western Eyes by Christopher L. Miller, the author describes much about how Westerners read African literature from their culture perspective; since most Westerners don’t really know the culture they read what the western scholars critique. In order to critique and better understand African literature, the following paragraphs will be focusing on some major approaches such as those of…

The transition into adulthood, we encounter conflicts in our identity. In the poem, cultural difference is portrayed between the persona who is assimilated more into Australian culture and his father whose identity is intricately linked with his Polish culture and his migrant experiences. In ‘His Polish friends Always shook hands too violently..’, the negative connotation of the adverb ‘violently’, suggest that the son is not comfortable with the situation and shows…