Western culture

Since I was very young my family has always encouraged a thin body size as the “healthy” body. I remember, we always had very traditional family dinners with a meat, carb, and many vegetables and we were not allowed to leave the table until our vegetables and salads were finished. After dinner, we typically took walks around the golf course, played soccer or basketball, or swam. Nothing about this appeared to me as anything out of the ordinary or even an encouragement to be fit and thin. I had…

of the Chinese to the possibilities of the Western knowledge, which could open new realms of development. These claims led to strained relationships between China and the West. Across the Europe, the ideas of rationalism had given way to the enlightened thought of modern life with the Western faith in progress. As such, ideas crystallized, and the need to promote expansion was critical. China provided a supportive theater for that. However, the Western nations, to their dismay, realized that…

The Seed of Western Values Prompt C The Eastern world is a mystical and fascinating world, the West has always viewed it differently throughout history showing the Eastern cultures as barbaric or uncivilized. Although our history classes show them in a different perspective the area is culturally rich and has deep roots of its ancestral past. In the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, the reader dives into the mystical world and the modernization, regime changes, and religious revival…

Explain how the author(s) establish their credibility on the subject matter they are writing about. Amy Chua, the author of this novel, tries to establish her credibility on the subject about the clash of Chinese and Western cultures by giving a number of examples and insights on her life. She is a professor at Yale and went to law school in Harvard. Many would trust her credibility and her comments because she came from a well-known and respected school. However, some things could be taken in…

globalization continues to spread, simultaneously giving Western cultures newfound access to foreign customs. As aspects of Indian life spread worldwide, it becomes abundantly clear that appropriation can be both genuine and problematic, and elements of culture can be misused even within their own geographic boundaries. The songs Bhool Bhulaiyaa, from the film soundtrack of the same name, and George Harrison’s Om Hare Om both borrow extensively from Indian culture, but in vastly different ways.…

ethnicities. As these matters were prevalent during the twentieth century resulting in the change of national values, primarily within the Western World, one must examine the importance of representation. Analysing the usage of myths and its influence on cultures, shaping values within societies to studying…

Karrayu people of Ethiopia, and their understanding of both western education and their own family values. This will not only allow for the Karrayu to make an informed, and objective decision regarding education, but it will also ensure better cross-cultural understanding among the Karryau, and Western society. Our team has learned much from the video about the Karrayu people, but there are still many gaps concerning their understanding of Western education and how that interacts with their…

Decline of Public Support for Humanitarian Intervention One of the key differences when it comes to Libya and Syria is how western public perception of humanitarian intervention has shifted. In the few short months following NATO intervention in Libya, support for humanitarian intervention in the United States (US) shrunk substantially and in a democratic country taking unpopular moves like promoting another intervention is likely a prominent concern domestically. US President Barack Obama…

persona is ultimately the most interesting portion of my Media Applications presentation because of the questions of identity it facilitates. Notably, if a robotic façade is what is required in-order to sustain the nature of who a person is in the Western world, then, is it truly as liberating as Mlotek and Mann suggest? Or, is a dependence on technology not equally as restricting…

The 1923 silent movie, East and West, is a great depiction of how customs and life in general differed in the traditional polish town, compared to the more westernized American family and the capital Vienna. Throughout the movie, the viewer can make distinction of how different East and West are portrayed; by their looks and even the very different values, that each of the worlds has, as well as how coming in contact with the West affects the East. In East and West there is a clear distinction…