... "#, 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 ... understanding the meaning of performance as a whole. The concepts derived from the relationship between signs within a system highlight the intention of a performance, whilst specific individual signs give em...

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... Sonia are the reason for Ashoke and Ashima's adoption of Christian holidays such as Christmas and of certain American food items, 'she concedes and makes him and American dinner once a week as a treat, Shake 'n Bake chicken or Hamburger Helper prepared with ground lamb.' The word 'concedes' ... is often confused and discomforted at the new culture that surrounds her, Ashoke's reaction is that of fascination and amusement by the American world around him. His character is used to portray this theme of the alienation faced when immigrating, but to contrast with those who fi...

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... formed long before the industrial era. Finally, one must address the reasons behind why so many different nationalisms have emerged in the modern world, contrary to what Gellner may have predicted. It would seem that people are less willing to give up their national identities, even if their nation is oppressed, to adopt a more "successful" one, than Gellner may have supposed, as was ... that will inspire nationalistic instincts most successfully. Smith's theory seems very convincing as it not only explains the rise of nationalism, but also roots it in a historical past. He does also hi...

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... that 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 ... to encourage or protect a country. These differences can best be understood by identifying and defining an intricate set of distinct national characteristics that define the gl...

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... relate or define diversity as all characteristics that will differ one from another. This is very important concept especially now in the 21st century when people from different geographical and cultural origins interact. However, independently of what circumstances 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 ... focused on genetically m...

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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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... celebration 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 ... well as modern western style contemporary, for example, the scene "Exile," the movements by the dancer who performs as Mathinna seems orientated from the ground while her f...

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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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... justice and equality (Banks, 1995; Gay, 1994; Sleeter, 1995). Some would argue that justice and equality have always been the focus of schools in America, but there is a body of historical and contemporary evidence which demonstrates that the schooling experiences of most students of color, as well as many white students from economically poor backgrounds, ... 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 subje...

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... and 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 of ... the linguistic facility which translations and translators provide, the great works of literature, translated into several languages, allows people to imbibe the unique cultural tradi...

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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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... relationships with each other and connection to Poland is present when "photos and letters, heated discussions and embracing gestures " are cumulatively listed, to establish that while they reside in Australia, they are still connected to their culture. Their connection to their heritage is furthered through their consumption of Polish foods such as "kielbasa" and "salt herrings," ... an individual's sense of belonging is limited in a world where they experience a lack of acceptance and social stability. Ultimately, the enriched sense of belonging in Peter Skrzynecki's "10 Mary Street" an...

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"Truth is not an unveiling which destroys the secret, but the revelation which does it justice." Walter Benjamin When Europe designed itself as the centre of "Enlightenment", also know as the Age of Reason, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it did so with the knowledge that an "unenlightened periphery" was thereby constructed. Thus an irreducible and fundamental bipolar ... 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 Europea...

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... a much debated and important realm of cultural life with significant implications for our understanding of consumer culture. Providing a concrete and tangible definition of what constitutes popular music has been the subject of much academic debate. As Richard Middleton contends, attempting to define popular music is "riddled with ... , pseudo-individualization propagates compliant consumers because the audience is made to forget that this is the case, the listener misled into thinking that what they listen to is new and is not listened to for them, or "pre-digested" (1941, 308). The eff...

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... systems, thinking patterns and frames of reference this can lead to suppression and exclusion. If a minority culture does not submissively assimilate its ideas with those of the majority, the majority feels justified in excluding and minimizing this smaller subset of people. Those in the majority position remain unaware that the people who make up the minority have a different cultural way of ... emphasis on verbal communication, other cultures such as Asian and African do not give words that same value in the therapeutic process. Language has a small function in traditional healing proce...

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... adults would be anticipated to make the greatest reference to general dispositions; Anglo-Indian adults, slightly less reference; and lower class Hindu adults, the least reference. In contrast, it references to general dispositions reflected attributor's maintenance of Westernized cultural meaning systems, independently of their socioeconomic status, it would be anticipated that the greatest ... with a shift in cultural values. Role of Cultural Communication In Knowledge Acquisition Psychological theories of attribution, particularly, in the Piagetian tradition, have tend to place primar...

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... 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 of history is made by the interpretations and analysis of the ... place and their perspective that is then written as facts and thus taught as "history". This has nothing to do with all of "us" as was written in the article, "The facts about what happened may not change, but how we interpret those facts changes an...

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... only wrong for those who did not share the same reasoning as him and his supporters. This would likely lead to the cultural relativist agreeing that these actions were wrong, but only wrong from our perspective. What seems to be a conflict of morals to an objective moral realist ... explained by the cultural relativist theory, making it an appealing theory to those who argue this provides evidence to suggest that what is considered morally right in one group of people is determined by that group of people, and another group of people with different cultural experiences can ... object...

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... 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 meet international standards. On the social and environmental fronts, globalization has broadened people's knowledge, created respect ... social problems such as prostitution, communicable diseases, high crime rates, teenage pregnancy, terrorism and political instabili...

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... handouts provided by the missionaries and reserves, thus the fathers role of gathering for his family was subsequently lost, in turn isolating and alienating him from his family. Due to what was seen as the Aboriginal father's inadequacies, despite having been placed in areas where there was little employment, segregation had accentuated assimilation, for the "preparation" had been adequately achieved ... . In comparison, to the policy of segregation, the policy of assimilation introduced the separation of Aboriginal children from their parents ... and the indoctrination of the children...

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... outcome. Remley and Herlihy also stated legal reasons for the need to have models of ethical decision making. For example, counselors may be required to appear as witnesses in litigation hearings or, what would be the greater concern, may be charged with malpractice, if the counselor is accused of unethical action. They argue that the latter is somewhat avoidable if ... that an action is right when it reflects what a counselor with virtuous character would do in a particular situation. Freeman said that it is necessary to define what humans perceive as being "good" and what human traits...

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... outcome. Remley and Herlihy also stated legal reasons for the need to have models of ethical decision making. For example, counselors may be required to appear as witnesses in litigation hearings or, what would be the greater concern, may be charged with malpractice, if the counselor is accused of unethical action. They argue that the latter is somewhat avoidable if ... that an action is right when it reflects what a counselor with virtuous character would do in a particular situation. Freeman said that it is necessary to define what humans perceive as being "good" and what human traits...

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... decoding and eventually consumption process from the point of view of the consumer, acknowledges that what appears to the producer is not necessarily the same as what appears to the consumer - in other words, a standardised advertisement may be read in different ways in different cultures and hence not in accordance with the intentions of the producer. The Cultural Aspect of Tourism Destination Image Turning ... to the literature concerning tourism destination images it appears that the way in which the concept in general is understood does not, to any significant ... number of associa...

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... and abandonment of old rituals and behaviors. Passion conferences are built on the mission of "calling students from campuses across the nation and around the world to live for what matters most." With such a specific target audience, fulfilling the Passion mission is entirely contingent upon how the event directors make the conference culturally relevant to college students. Pardo ... following, the Passion administration is focused mainly on selling themselves to their followers. This inherently leads to vast discrepancies in the biblical message and the doctrines delivered to the Pass...

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