Cross-Cultural Comparison

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This paper presents a cross-cultural comparison between the Mexicans living in Ciudad Juarez and the Indians who live in Ecuador. It describes how both of these groups of people have been affected by the modern world in terms of industrialization and globalization. It also discusses the effects that this modern world has had on the culture and behavior of the people in these areas.

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Mexican Border Culture
Ecuadorian Indians' Culture

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"Meanwhile, in the Jivaro Indians' culture, far from being murdered and disrespected, the woman is greatly prized and protected, partly because of the plants she helps grow. To give an idea of how important some plants are to the lives and beliefs of the Jivaro people, the author of the book, The Jivaro: People of the Sacred Waterfalls, Michael J. Harner, an anthropologist and an ethnographer, explains on page 70 that the "Nunui" (a spirit, or fairy), provides supernatural help for the woman of the family, which it vital to the success of important plants."
"The Nunui's help in the garden is important for the natives, not just in the process of growing food items like sweet potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, squash, red peppers, onions, pineapple, banana, and other edibles. The Nunui also helps in the growing of medicinal plants and hallucinogenic plants (drugs) such as Banisteriopsis species, and Datura Arborea."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Camacho, Alicia Schmidt. "Gender Violence and the Denationalization of Women's Rights in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico." CR: The New Centennial Review 5.1 (2005): 255-292.
• Harner, Michael J. The Jivaro: People of the Secret Waterfalls. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972.
• Livingston, Jessica. "Murder in Juarez." Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies 25.1 (2004): 59-75.
• Lopez, Ian F. Haney. "The Social Construction of Race: Some Observations on Illusion, Fabrication, and Choice." Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review. Retrieved from Sakai@Rutgers Database May 29, 2007.
• Nieves, Evelyn. "To Work and Die in Juarez." Mother Jones. (2002). Retrieved May 27, 2007, From http://www.motherjones.com.

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