In many ancient societies, culture specific values and beliefs largely tend to define the societal expectations of men and women. “Boys are better than girls” – This impression was carried out for a long time in the historical past. Certain roles were kept away from women as they were considered to be “male jobs”. The role of a woman was described as a person, whose primary duty was to cook food, take care of household chores, rearing and nurturing children; basically, duties associated with family
trying to change the way rituals and beliefs were back then to a more modern way now. With both stories we learn that they conjoin together when they speak about families, their rituals, and how it involves gender/self identities.These two stories tie together because in first story Julia Alvarez portrays what influences a family has amongst their children and whether what they do affects them in a negative and or positive way. Having certain culture values and beliefs may impact the way one sees their
Language, communication and gestures Language is an important aspect that one should be sensitive because it has less to do with competency and more to do with the cultural meanings people attach to language. The native language of Latino is Spanish, but the majority of US immigrants is bilingual. According to CDC (n.d), most immigrants speak English on a regular basis and the younger ones also make it their preferred language of use. Some of the younger Hispanics/Latinos abandon the use of Spanish
Hispanic-American Culture Hispanic culture has been spreading more and more in America. Today, almost 16% of the population of the United States is made up of Hispanic Americans. Hispanics are all over the United States, but some states have a higher population, including: Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado. The Hispanic population mostly comes from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba and smaller numbers of immigrants are from Central and South America and from the Dominican Republic. Taken
their people and their homeland. How would the Persians of today feel if they see their ancestors being portrayed in that negative way? The Iranian government was unhappy with how the movie depicted their culture and they felt that Hollywood and the cultural authorities in U.S were trying to attack Iranian culture. The producers probably did not factor that into consideration when they decided to target specific ethnic groups with negative attributes. They will just