Theory of Pan-ethnicity” In Redefining Race, Dina Okamoto investigates the factors that contributed to the development of Asian pan-ethnicity. She argues that Asian Americans do not consist of a monolithic racial group; they are of diverse national origins, languages, cultures, and generational statuses but socially constructed as a singular category through various mechanisms—through the state, structural inequality, ethnic mobilization, and leaders of ethnic organizations. Okamoto’s findings of the
(2006), despite several differences of approaches in the literature, each country has a certain image and a multifaceted structure. First studies on country image in the literature belong to the 1930s and 1940s (Katz and Braly, 1933; Klingberg, 1941). On those years, several researches were done on impacts of social psychological processes, economic, cultural and political events on country image. But in these years, national perceptions and prototypes are of particular importance (Katz and Braly
Abstract: This study was conducted in order to determine the consumer preferences of global brands instead of local ones. It is also designed to find out the buying behavior patterns of young Pakistani consumers Consumer evaluates products based on information cues, which are intrinsic and extrinsic. A number of factors affect the consumer purchase decisions. The results suggest that most important factors that influence a consumer’s final decision are the price and quality of the product in question
Name Elena My Name Cary Ann Vincent Class Applied English 132 12 June 2015 Research Project General Topic: Culture Restricted: Western and Chinese More Restricted: Traditional festival Topic Chosen: I am more interested in the culture of traditional festival and know a little about the difference about the festival of Western and Chinese, and I find it has pretty charm. On the other hand, I want to make use of this opportunity to know more about the western culture and history to expand my view
#3) Describe, explain, and give an example of the Nature versus Nurture debate. (Short Essay) Nature versus nurture has been disputed for centuries. This debate centers on two conflicting viewpoints. On the nature side, people believe that the origins of personality and behavior is set in stone from a person’s genetic code. On the nurture side, people suggest that one’s background and environment mold a person’s character and mannerisms. The answer is probably in between the two extremes, so most
1. Introduction : This study is to understand the Sikh religion, its architecture, its history, evolution and relationship between its architecture and culture. It is important for us to understand the faith and philosophy of Sikh religion before we touch upon its architecture. This paper discusses about the cultural beliefs of Sikhs and attempts to study the historic growth of Gurudwaras, its evolution since 1604. Every architectural style has its own identity such as Sikh Architecture as a whole
possibilities, development, and increased knowledge, there are also prominent concerns about the negative impacts such a powerful language has on local cultures. For English Language Teaching practitioners, much of the discussion about linguistic and cultural imperialism spins around the issue of whether language teaching should involve culture teaching. Teaching American or British culture in ELT, in our case, is essential; it helps form
Williams’ study of culture became the extremely prominent book Culture and Society (1958). Work for that book also involved a series of studies of cultural production, with the plan of understanding the history of industrial capitalism in relation to the forms of communication that were an essential part of it: the press, advertising, education, the new media. The Long Revolution (1961) brought these studies together and marked Williams’ insistence on the importance of struggles for the public ownership
Human is a special biological creature; his evolution is an extraordinary phenomenon of nature. It is also true that human is a cultural agent, as well as the creature of all the cultures and cultural regions over the earth. The population is the basic element of the state (Tiwari, 2004, 751). Francis Bacon in 1612 used the word ‘population’ (Tripathi, 1999, 1). In general, Population is ‘a group of individuals of the same species within a community’ (Mayhew, 2009, 394) or often defined by demographers
own language and culture. In this regard the main objective of mother tongue teaching is to build a strong cultural identity and establishing a unique self-esteem for immigrant children. According to Guvercin (2011), mother tongue has a very powerful impact in the formation of individuals, shaping their thoughts, emotions and identity. Learning mother tongue and appreciation their own cultural background makes it easier for children to learn to appreciate other cultures. It also provides the basis