Cultural Issues in Literature

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Cultural issues usually surface in a multicultural society like that of America's because co-existence of people from various different ethnic backgrounds can lead to undesired and unexpected conflicts. The paper shows that these issues have also become important for those not living in a multicultural society because of the fact that world is rapidly turning into a global village. The closer the people of the world come, the more cultural issues they are likely to encounter. The paper discusses that for this reason, it is important to study the reasons why cultural clashes take place and find out how cultural differences affect our perceptions. The authors of the texts chosen for this paper have, according to the writer of the paper, skillfully and appropriately highlighted these issues. The texts analyzed are: Malidoma Patrice Some's book "The Healing Wisdom of Africa" which highlights the cultural differences that exist between African tribes and American society; the book, "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman, which focuses on the challenges faced by immigrants residing in America; Stanley Grenz's "A Primer on Postmodernism" and the movie "Remember the Titans".

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"While reading these texts and watching this exceptional movie, one wonders if cultural clashes arise only because of racial and ethnic differences. Stanley Grenz has an answer. He believes that world also encounters cultural problems as it progresses and enters new technologically and industrially advanced times. This means that when philosophy, art, literature, television and almost everything else changes and incorporates new values, theology and religious doctrines may clash with the new world views."

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