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This paper gives an analysis of the idea of cultural identity and the effects of globalization on that identity. The paper argues that for the United States globalization is a good thing because its cultural identity is a global one.

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"Globalization is changing the face of the world. As the distance between nations becomes subsumed into electronic ether of the internet, so too the distance between cultures has been bridged. It is not uncommon today to see children in China gyrating to a hip-hop song just released on the American airwaves or a senior citizen in France downloading the latest Hollywood blockbuster onto their iPod. Indeed much of the world is concerned that the American culture is being spread by globalization and some, including most famously France, have enacted..."

Tags:culture, identity, globalization, united states, multiculturalism, nation state

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This paper is an account of a Canadian student's gendered cultural identity. The student further considers what national identity as a Canadian means, pointing out some fallacies. The student states that narrations have a useful role to play in finding or defining one's own identity - with the caveat that identity is constantly evolving and being dynamically recreated.

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"I am writing this narration of my gendered cultural identity within the context of currently being a student in Canada. This in itself would seem to many to constitute a cultural identity. For example, from the point of view of those who see culture as constituting a national essence, it follows that if I am Canadian, then I must be a peace-keeping person. My main focus in this narration is to point out the fallacy of such essential zing, and to focus instead on the specific events and realities that have served to create my own unique gendered, cultural identity. As will emerge from this narration, I believe that such narrations have a useful role to..."

Tags:narration, culture, identity

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This paper focuses on language as it defines cultural identity. The paper examines the lives of individuals that have experienced a cultural separation from society, discovering their personal and cultural identities through language. The paper then further discusses how school age children develop their attitudes about their lives and the world through the acceptance by society of their cultures and their languages of origin.

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"Language As a Definition of Cultural Identity Individuals that are born into specific cultures are taught through the practices of the culture how to relate to one another, what is acceptable in society, and what their roles are within the constraints of the cultural system. Just as children comprehend gender specifics from their interactions with parental figures from the time that they are born, culture becomes a significant part of the identity of the child because until socialization with the rest of the world begins with school enrollment, the child understands the world specifically through the culture that he or she is associated with. Language is a significant part of that cultural identity. Regardless of the language, each culture communicates with one another with variations of the proper spoken word, such as through slang, phrases, or abbreviated words."

Tags:culture, language, identity

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One of the most fascinating aspects of the Canadian cultural identity is the degree to which government policy and free enterprise economic principles converge and frequently collide in the field of the mass media. In large measure this is a consequence of Canada's geographic position next door to the world's last remaining superpower and predominant popular culture engine, the United States. This paper explores how the Canadian government, in order to maintain cultural distinctiveness in terms of national identity, has adopted a range of policies that promote the Canadian identity in the mass media and restrict the reach of foreign media and foreign media ownership.

Tags:media, canada, culture

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This paper discusses the role of women in Middle Eastern, Chinese and Indian cultures. It looks at how difficult it is for these women to fully define their own cultural identity and the influence of Western culture and ideals on the women. The paper concludes that that today's Muslim, Indian and Chinese women will be successful in their pursuit of knowing exactly who they are.

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"In "Medieval Islam," Leila Ahmed, while discussing the ramifications of Muslim culture in the Middle East between the 10th and 13th centuries A.D., points out four factors that shaped women's lives during this time--customs and laws regulating marriage, the social ideal of women's seclusion, women's legal right to own property and women's position in the class system. In the leading pages of this article, Ahmed focuses on marriage which in medieval times allowed polygamy and concubinage (i.e., more than one wife or a harem of wives/concubines) which were the norms among the ruling classes. Ahmed goes on to say that the Mamluks, the rulers of Egypt from 1250 to 1517 A.D., kept "large harems of concubines" and married many wives, a symbol of a man's class and power, yet another indication of a patriarchal system. Certainly, the women who were wives of these upper-class Mamluks or members of the harems did not have to concern themselves too much with their cultural identities, due to being told how to act, what to say and what to think. Also, since Ahmed's discussion centers on medieval times, there was no infiltration from the West, at least not to any great degree."

Tags:patriarch, rights, equality, culture

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This paper explores the formation of an Ottoman Balkan regional cultural identity along the lines of nationalism and modernity during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The paper examines the role of women in cultural representations and policy at the time and compares the representation of the feminine gender with the fractured nature of the Ottoman Empires own identity construction at this time.

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"Nationalism or national identity building was one of the important markers of modernization and state-building during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries throughout Europe. The literature on the subject of European nationalism focuses strongly on Western Europe as its subject, citing Britain, Germany, and France as the primary examples of the political and cultural activities that contributed to the formulation of a brand of identity for each particular country. This is especially true of France, as the accounting of French history from the origins of the French..."

Tags:ottoman empire, balkans, nationalism

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This paper discusses the benefits and problems associated with the development of cultural identity in schools. It describes how the classroom environments, curriculum and teaching style of a teacher impacts cultural identity formation. The paper also describes how inclusion, tolerance and multiculturalism enrich the curricular framework, promote positive social values and stimulate enriching dialogue for students.

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"Gender, although not a feature of cultural identity per se, is definitely a facet of every culture. How cultures construct, view, and politicize gender lays the foundation for cultural identity. Public schools should help their students understand how gender is constructed, how gender is not rooted in biology, and how gender is related to economic and political power. Even if these weighty issues are not embedded into public school curricula, they can inform pedagogy. Educators can promote cultural identities that are egalitarian and humanistic."

Tags:curricula, multiculturalism, inclusion, tolerance

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This paper presents an interview that focuses on cultural identity. An interview with a Chinese-American is described and the interviewee's focus on the theme of the social hierarchy based on tradition and preservation of roles within the Chinese family unit is discussed. The paper discusses the content of the interview and examines identity theory in relation to the interviewee's responses.

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"As far as the Chinese-American is concerned, literature reveals that the Chinese-American like all other cultures is involved in a veritable tug of war between their original identity and the new normative culture into which they are entering (Tug of War, 2008). This implies that to attain esteem, the interviewee is recommended to realize that all individuals who arrive in this country, whether they are from China or from somewhere else, are clinically and empirically established to experience self esteem challenges. This realization represents a means by which the subject can continue to de-personalize the disillusionment of the melting pot as well as perceived discrimination."

Tags:experience, family, society

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Throughout American history, racial identities have been formed by not only politics, but also by the intersection of class and racial boundaries. The paper argues that African Americans must struggle to rid themselves of certain traits that have been internalized from the white power structure. African Americans must work to open a discourse outside of the parameters of language built by white elites. In this way they can shape their own racial and cultural identity.

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This paper will discuss the book "The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community" by Catherine J. Allen, and seek to understand how the life of the Andean people affects me, and why it is important to study these people's. By realizing how the book is teaching the student on the ways of the Andean people, the book can serve a good function for telling the story of this civilization, and of its great importance.