... theme of the alienation experienced by immigrants assimilating into a new place and the exposure of two cultures, relative to how one's 'home' reflects on their identity in the novel, The Namesake. This bildungsroman novel, set in both India and America and which follows a Bengali family's attempts at assimilating within American culture, portrays this theme throughout. Lahiri conveys this theme through her effective ... up the last characters that are used to convey the theme of the experience of assimilating into a new place and again also used to illustrate how a home reflects o...

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... history has taught us that many are willing to sacrifice personal gain, such as inclusion in the labour market or even their lives, in order to sustain their dignity as members of a particular culture. Furthermore, Gellner fails to contemplate the role of culture in the creation of identity, which, in Guibernau's view, is the main explanation for the "loyalty" of individuals to their ... nation. The second explanation for nationalism in the modern world is laid out by Anderson, in "Imagined Communities." He believed that nations were social constructions or cultural artefacts which ... ...

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... having a "globally accessible website" is the equivalent to having a global market. A nation's sensitivity towards foreign cultural contamination and influence strongly influences their degree of toleration. In order to take full advantage of Global E-Commerce, one must have an understanding of national and cultural differences and how these differences shape the levels of technological adoption, Internet ... the National Level, there are many issues that can shape or manipulate the Internet culture. Included in these are language, an emphasis on regional/local versus national technolo...

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... diversity is referred as, many fail to understand that diversity encompasses everyone at any level not just the minority. Consequently, many successful multinational organizations aim to encourage and develop diversity in the workplace for the benefit of both the company and employees. Kaiser Permanente - Kaiser Permanente (Kaiser Permanente, 2015) is a community inclusive company that provides affordable healthcare plans. They ... the top 10 for past seven years. According to DiversityInc (DiversityInc, 2015), the healthcare company deserves to be at the top of the chart since they mak...

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... semiotics"#, based his theory on a linguistic model that has been employed by most structuralists. The basic linguistic model, composed of "signifiers" and "signifieds", is an effective tool in approaching performance analytically. Saussure placed specific emphasis on the role of language as the most effective form of signification. Text, and the communication of it, is intrinsic to many ... route into decoding performance. For example, the lighting of a particular scene enhances the sense of theatricality by engaging the audience on a deeper sensory level, whilst introducing further con...

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... vast number of atrocities further emphasises the extent of the wrongdoings, demonstrating that the Aborigines' sense of belonging may only be restored through the acknowledgment of their cultural identity. Therefore, it is through the positive interactions with others that the acknowledgment of one's cultural heritage may be achieved, and thus, enrich their experience of belonging. However ... 's "Migrant Hostel," the migrant's inability to connect with their culture has left them with an overall sense of displacement and loss of identity. A sense of dislocation is established in "coming...

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... upon Aboriginal family life, for through this policy, Aboriginals were restricted and prohibited to practice their traditional culture, hence, resulting in the loss of their Indigenous identity and limiting the cultural knowledge for future Aboriginal generations. The segregation policy also achieved in disfiguring the roles of family members, primarily the male's role within the family. The policy of assimilation ... family life, the removal of children deepened the loss of cultural knowledge and further hindered indigenous identity. One principal effect of the forcible removal policie...

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... be gratified and fulfilled by consuming. The consumer feels that the buying and owning of commodities will act as a cultural fulfillment, and substitutes media-manipulated products for spiritual rebirth. Unfortunately, in the myth of consumerism, there is no rebirth or renewal. While consumerism offers the goal of owning a product, it lacks the fulfillment of the typical American citizen. Consumerism offers only ... luxury. The public has been easily swayed onto the path of consumerism through the deceptive and clever advertising of mass media. Do Americans realize the lack of morality ...

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... group (Sciarra, 1999). Sciarra described a process whereby individuals can change their referent group during an interaction based on age, socioeconomic class, religion, gender, national origin, or disability. In fact, the concept of cultural identity formation applies not only to race but also to gender, sexual orientation, or disability (Julia, 2000; W M. L. Lee, 1999; Sue & Sue, 1999). A simple example ... action selected. Cultural values are particularly relevant here; again, the counselors' cultural identity, acculturation level, and gender role socialization may be crucial in unco...

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... group (Sciarra, 1999). Sciarra described a process whereby individuals can change their referent group during an interaction based on age, socioeconomic class, religion, gender, national origin, or disability. In fact, the concept of cultural identity formation applies not only to race but also to gender, sexual orientation, or disability (Julia, 2000; W M. L. Lee, 1999; Sue & Sue, 1999). A simple example ... action selected. Cultural values are particularly relevant here; again, the counselors' cultural identity, acculturation level, and gender role socialization may be crucial in unco...

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... United Kingdom and Rolling Stone in the United States, has played a major role in the popular music charts, propelling bands and artists to major chart success and influencing young people with regard to the latest music and fashion trends. During the postwar period, popular music has been viewed as central to teenage consumption and identity formation. From mods to rockers, punks to ... clubbers, the consumption of popular music is widespread and has become increasingly diverse as popular music genres have evolved. Sociological readings of popular music have tended to focus on the soci...

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... stages, was most rigorously punished and extirpated from human consciousness." The modernist classic Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, offers a critique of modernity by breaking down the terms in which European thought distinguished itself from the "primitive". Conrad shows that the otherness of Indigenous societies is precisely the otherness of a civilised Eurocentric community itself, that is, "the ... people to be ignorant and barbaric, yet white Australia was founded by the ignorant and "barbaric" - criminals, white trash, penal scum from England, and their wardens. The law in Aust...

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... the available learning resources. Electronic mail and multimedia technologies promote communication and interactions between diverse groups, with the purpose of helping the students learn more about the content they study in subject areas such as social studies, science, psychology, and even foreign language (Anderson, 1998; Baugh & Baugh, 1997; Cifuentes & Murphy, 2000; Cifuentes, Murphy, & Davis, 1998; Freedman & ... conscious of the fact that in some circumstances this dimension of multicultural education, will need to be addressed by other means due to lack of access to technology. T...

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... to the tourism advertising for the given destination. The debate on globalisation versus localisation of marketing parameters has intensified over the last few decades with positions ranging from beliefs in the homogenisation of consumer demands to the idea that markets remain culturally diverse despite the increasing interconnectedness of the world. Relating the globalisation approach to a tourism context, ... to establish cosiness as synonymous with Denmark among potential English tourists. Should the tourist board therefore go for the lowest common denominator of established meanings ...

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... be a deadly mix for indigenous peoples or host communities due to the negative impacts it has brought about such as commodification and erosion of culture, loss of cultural identity, social problems such as diseases and environmental problems to mention only a few. However, the essay also acknowledges that tourism and globalization have brought with them positive effects ... such as, increased revenues and foreign currency earnings, created additional employment, introduced new technologies in transport, communications and e-commerce as well as improved tourism facilities and services to...

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... highest regard and proceed to manifest these works into school curriculum for literary study due to their powerful influential nature and complex ideas embedded in these texts. The Literary Canon allows us to dissemble and delve into a multitude of perspectives enabling us to gain an insightful and critical ... cultural values that are still prevalent to this day, this exemplifies the notion that some of the beliefs that we upheld in our modern age may have been overlooked in earlier eras, an example of this would be the concept of female representation. The English Canon acts as a guide ...

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... of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander's cultural life. Bangarra provides the opportunity for people of all cultural backgrounds to be able share knowledge about the world's oldest living culture. In just over two decades, Bangarra has produced over thirty original works and has also collaborated with other Australian performing arts companies such as the Australian Ballet and the Sydney Theatre ... Bush ( 'Best Dance Work', 2004 Helpmann Awards), Mathinna ( 'Best Dance Work' and 'Best Choreography', 2009 Helpmann Awards) which have become milestones in Australian performing a...

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... way of portraying history. The authors of "Approaching the West" state that history is not a "fixed" idea and that "we" as a whole make history in our interpretation and the things we do add to the making of history. "As we change throughout our lives and from generation to generation -as we are different ... and not the idea that "we" make History. There is no opportunity that "we" the general public can add our analysis and observation of history, so in the most part history is fixed by the elites deciding what will be taught and becomes the facts of history. First of all, a big part ...

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... , white cuffs, a light alpaca jacket, snowy trousers, a clear necktie, and varnished boots...hair parted, brushed, oiled" (Conrad 31). The natives mentioned on the same pages, however, are evaluated in a completely different manner. On one hand, the chief accountant is an individual with personality, while on the other "black shapes [crouch]," "black shadows of disease and starvation ... ," and one "creature...[rises] to his hands and knees, and [goes] off on all fours towards the river to drink" (Conrad 30). Indigenous peoples are portrayed in this way throughout the novel, treated not a...

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... is no more reason to be tolerant than intolerant, and neither stance is objectively morally better than the other'6. Hence, objective moral realists such as Pojman, identify this contradiction in the cultural relativism theory. Whilst cultural relativists suggest unresolved cross-cultural moral disagreements as evidence for the lack of existence of an objective moral reality, objective moral realists could argue ... must be a resolution to these differences. Furthermore, Objective Moral Realists attack the implications of moral relativism as a means of undermining it. They point to the ...

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... precipitates an insincere form of worship and a false religious movement. Osvaldo F. Pardo's The Origins of Mexican Catholicism and Oppenheimer's Knocking on Heaven's Door: American Religion in the Age of Counterculture will be used to analyze the forces that shape the origins and administration of the conference and how this creates an environment for misleading displays ... gratifying the audience encourages faulty interpretations of God's message. Oppenheimer claims that religions adhere to practices that are not always religious but instead "aggressively social" in that American's see...

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... seasoned diplomat seek the services of people who may translate information and knowledge effectively and appropriately so as to ease human interaction. The globalization of the world, in terms of economic convergence, greater political participation between different groups and nations and greater cultural interchange has tremendously enhanced the role of translators and translation. The growth ... linguistic facility which translations and translators provide, the great works of literature, translated into several languages, allows people to imbibe the unique cultural traditions of othe...

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... be the yardstick for the definition of mental health" (Maiello, 1999). By using this as a criteria to define a "healthy personality," many important elements in psychotherapy in regard to a cultural population are ignored which creates cultural inconsistencies. The Western psychotherapeutic approach of emphasis on verbal content may not meet the cultural needs of a particular patient. ... and public display is considered normal (Kirmayer, 2007). The individualistic self that is supported by psychotherapy can be contrasted with the collectivist self that is found in many other cultures. ...

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... be fully explained by reference to various alternative cognitive and/or experimental factors. Examination of alternative non- cultural interpretations of the anticipated cultural and age diversity in references to general dispositions proceeded by assessing attributor's ability to classify on the basis of conceptual similarity and by examining the relationship between attributor's references to ... to isolate interrelationship baesd primarily on conceptual similarity (e.g., "boy, man"). Given the context specifity of most cognitive abilities, it is also likely that somewhat greater subgr...

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