Cultural Studies Essays

The Development of Vietnamese Cải Lương
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Much of Vietnamese traditional musical culture has been shaped by the country’s foreign, political and social interactions with countries such as China, Korea, Japan, and Mongolia, as well as n...

Why Do People Join Cults?
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Introduction: Intro   People join cults for many reasons. It could be to feel less alone or to be surrounded with a group of people who make them feel loved and appreciated. I will be an...

The Social and Cultural Issues of the West African Igbo Society
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Introduction: The Igbo are a group of people who live in the southeastern part of Nigeria in west Africa. This civilization is among the most numerous nationalities with an estimated population at about fourte...

Spirited Away: Connections to Asian Mythology
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Introduction: This paper will be discussing Spirited Away and its connections to Japanese Shinto Mythology and its recurring themes. More specifically, the story of Izanami and Izanagi as well as the themes of...

History of Asian American Communities in America
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Introduction: Asian American community is the most ethnically diverse group in the United States. With the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the population of Asian Americans has increase...

Racial and Gender Stereotypes in the US
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Introduction: Imitation of Life  Over the years, it has been evident that the United States has a long history of imposing racial stereotypes and gender norms upon African Americans and women. Th...

History of Cultural Views on Premarital Sex
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Introduction: Premarital Sex  Premarital sex has been considered a moral issue and sin by a number of religions, but since the 1960s, in Western countries it has become more widely accepted. Wher...

Sexual Behaviors and Beliefs: Aboriginal Australians
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Introduction: Understanding a culture requires not only the exploration of its history, culture, and beliefs. For a more comprehensive look at how a homogenous group of people develops through centuries, learn...

History and Developments of the Hell's Angels
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Introduction: Hells Angels  I decide that the gang I was going to discuss was the infamous motorcycle gang the Hells Angels. I decided to look at this gang in depth because I have a friend who is...

Hallyu, the Effect of the Korean Dramas to Chinese Consumers
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Introduction: Korean popular culture has been spread infectiously throughout the worlds for a past few decades where a new term, Hallyu has been introduced through this popularity; which means the “Korean wa...

Native American Death Rituals and Funeral Costumes
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Introduction: Introduction: Native Americans, also known as American Indians, native Americans, native Americans and other terms refer to people who first settled in the United States and their descen...

Japanese Americans Cultural Report Assessment
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Introduction:  Japanese immigrants came to America beginning in the 1880s (Daniels, 2011). The first large-scale journey of Japanese immigrants from Japan began in Hawaii (Daniels, 2011). Many Japanese im...

Developments of Racism in the US
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Introduction: The Struggle for Prosperity The United States of America is a country well known for progress; as a result of its upward mobility it has come to be regarded as ‘the leader of the free ...

Overview of Cultural Intelligence
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Introduction: Cultural intelligence is generally defined as a person’s capability to interpret and adapt to different cultures (Brislin, R, 2006). It allows people the ability to relate to one another a...

Defining the Concept of Tradition
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Introduction: Introduction Tradition, generally defined as the handing down of customs or beliefs from one generation to the next, is a well-established concept in society and one that is often ex...

Bi Partnership between British and Maori Culture
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Introduction: Part 1: – Abstract There is a very important role of Maori in the New Zealand culture. The treaty of Waitangi and birth of Maori people in the New Zealand was discussed in this res...

Relationship between Ethnocentrism, Prejudice and Racism
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Introduction: Abstract With this paper, I wish to address ethnocentrism. After I define ethnocentrism, I will identify and discuss its importance regarding relationships between differing groups. Also...

Defining the Malay Culture: In Today’s Perspective
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Introduction: ABSTRACT The Malay race, which forms the majority of ethnic composition of Malaysia, has a rich history dating back to 2,000 B.C. with the arrival of modern Malays. Yet, there are severa...

History and Culture of the Yakuza
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Introduction: Yakuza Characterized with magnificent, full-color designs of samurai warriors, flowers, and dragons that stretched across the body from neck to calf tattoos, mutilated fingers, yakuza ha...

Italian Immigration to Canada
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Introduction: Canada’s Southeast coast was discovered on June 24th, 1947 by an Italian explorer named John Cabot. John Cabot is the first influential Italian who contributed to Italians immigration to Canada...

Clyne’s Revisions of Grice’s Maxims
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Introduction: Intro This paper will look at Clyne’s alterations in his paper to the four Grice’s Maxims and to examine whether it is sufficient in, universally accounting for intercultural convers...

Applications of Social Impact Assessments
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Introduction: Social impact assessment is the identification and assessment of the potential social impacts of a project. One of the most fundamental parts of SIA is that it includes affected people and intere...

Overview of the Buddhist Culture
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Introduction: Abstract The Buddhist culture is one that goes back many generations.  Dating back to 567 BC, the Buddhas teachings have lived on for many years.  The Buddhist culture that liv...

The New Romantic Movement
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Introduction: The New Romantics were a youth movement of the late 1970s which promoted individualism and creating an identity. New Romanticism was a manufactured scene which included creativity and posers who ...

Overview of the African American Culture
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Introduction: The main of the paper is to evaluate Africa American culture and its diverse nature in the United States. Culture is not a dynamic or fixed phenomenon all over the world. Culture is always relati...