popular method of preserving tradition and culture, as well as detailing significant events occurring in a particular society. The tradition of reciting stories through various oral methods resulted in the creation of poems, which are literary works typically rich in intensity, expression, and feelings. Poems, which are nearly always rhythmical and metaphorical, can effectively be used to study the culture and tradition of a particular society. Asian Americans, whom have a vast history of creating descriptive
influence of Indian culture can be seen in countless movies or TV shows within the United States. From movies like Wizard of Oz that holds many Buddhism ideologies or The Jungle Book that names characters after their Hindi name. Unfortunately, not all of these movies show a positive light on Indian culture, and often contain many offensive or racist ideas. However, some TV shows attempt to enlighten its American audience through jokes or storylines that show parts of the Indian culture. In the television
Over the course of many generations and within many different cultures, women have faced oppression and have struggled to gain equality in society to men. Both Elisa Allen in John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums” and Sumita in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s “Clothes” desire to achieve equality in societies that limit them because of their gender. Both stories rely heavily on the use of symbolism and the authors use the most prominent symbol in each story as its title. These stories have similar conflicts
a conflict in the diasporic communities between the majority and minority cultures. It is difficult to be estranged from one’s native culture. A desire to establish an identity in a new culture appears to be desirable and difficult. Bharathi Mukharji focuses on the quest for identity of the diasporic women and shows the varied concept of identity among the sisters of the same family. The fact that disassociation from culture is not necessary to resolve identity crisis, and a woman can establish an
in migrant culture, she conjointly spent an excellent deal of time in Republic of India, wherever her family created frequent visits to relatives in Calcutta Lahiri’s focus on cultural displacement highlights the Asian Indian immigrant experience from an intergenerational perspective. Whereas Lahiri was still in class, she began consciously examining the migrant expertise, though she was initially seeking to understand her own identity. She used fiction to illustrate the Asian Indian immigrant experience
From anthropological perspective, the families in western societies are more structured than those in other cultures. Anthropology is based on the study of human societies, cultures and their development. Charles Darwin was one of the reasons for this adaptation of us humans. He was a biologist/ naturalist who developed the theory of evolution. Darwin published his book about the theory in 1859; On the Origin of Species. He noticed the similarities between many of the species he encountered. The
In Everyday Use by Alice Walker, story about a mother and her two daughters who are poor and black. The mom worked hard throughout all her life to provide for her two daughters. The house they live in is made from old wood with windows that are holes cut into the walls. The yard is hard clay that has been swept neatly is also used as an extended living room since it lets more air in. One of the daughters, Dee, has always disliked where she was raised. She did not want to be poor anymore, and
The straight white male is the American cop, the East Asian woman is the secret martial arts fighter, the South Asian woman is trapped by the prospect of a modern arranged marriage, and the African man is struggling to provide for a family member with AIDS. Despite the obvious caricatures, an author for Untitled TV explains that “all these characters so often