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Role of Language in Cultural Identity, 2002.
Discusses whether Ebonics should be implemented in the American educational system.
2,143 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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Perhaps more than any other debate in education, the study of language brings up questions of power and identity. How teachers and classmates view the home language of students and their families plays a major role in teachers' expectations and respect for a student's culture, as well as how easily the student will be able to learn and meet long-term educational goals. The paper shows that solving the complex social and economic problems in the U.S. that limit the educational opportunities of African Americans, particularly males, is not an easy task. Still, many educators are introducing new practices targeted specifically to the unique needs of this group. The paper shows that many researchers agree that one of the first steps that must be taken in advancing the educational level of African-American students is to implement Ebonics into inner city curricula. This paper examines the role of Ebonics in cultural identity in an effort to determine whether or not Ebonics should be implemented in classrooms or curricula.
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"By implementing Ebonics into school curriculums, teachers are fine-tuning the learning process towards the unique needs of African American students, rather than drilling them on the proper use of grammar and dialect. For example, teachers could use mini-lessons according to the dialect learning needs that students demonstrate. If the students agree that Standard English is appropriate for classroom interaction and for writing, lessons like these would help students reach their language development goals."
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Language, Culture and Identity, 2002.
A look at the issues of language, culture and identity in the writings of Maxine Hong Kingston, Richard Rodriguez and Alfred Kazin.
2,010 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 63.95
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This paper shows how, through the three autobiographical works, ?Talk,? by Maxine Hong Kingston, ?Hunger of Memory,? by Richard Rodriguez and ?Brownsville School Days,? by Alfred Kazin, a reader can plainly comprehend the difficulties associated with immigration and language learning and how those difficulties interact with a developing child?s mind. It discusses how, though the cultures and languages of all three of these authors are vastly different and the severity of internal and external reactions they have to the circumstances, their emotional and intellectual responses to their challenges are strikingly similar.
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"The simple voices of these three children of different cultures become complex words and ideas issued forth through the phenomena of growing up as an outsider and immigrant and most importantly a non-native English speaker. In these three works it is plainly evident that the difficulty of immersion language training is strikingly similar, no matter the culture. Language culture and identity are the focus that can be demonstrated through the commonalities in experience of the intellectual degradation of their native culture, their parents and most plainly the degradation of self that is sourced in a limited ability to communicate in English."
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The Role of Language in Cultural Identity, 2002.
Discusses the effects on non-dominant cultures of America's gradual move to do away with bilingual education.
1,328 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 44.95
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The United States is currently going through a period of turmoil regarding whether English should be the only language spoken in the country. The rationale given for insisting that everyone speak English is that 'if people chose to come here, they should learn our language'. This paper examines the effects of this policy on smaller ethnic groups such as the Native American Navajo's who view speaking their native tongue as a kind of spiritual freedom. The paper also looks at the way Yiddish has almost disappeared from the Jewish culture due to this type of integration policy. Other cultures discussed include the Chinese and the Cajuns.
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"One other subculture demonstrates the relationship between culture and language. The Chinese have been coming to the United States since the early 1800?s, when they came here to work as agricultural workers or in railway construction. The Chinese come from an ancient and highly accomplished civilization, and their culture contained elements that helped them be successful in their new country. Industry and resourcefulness are highly prized traits in Chinese culture, behavioral traits that tended to aid success in their new land. In addition, they valued the extended family, and so were quick to support and help one another (Author not given). However, the dominant culture inadvertently encouraged the Chinese to maintain their language, and the maintenance of language and requirement that they live together encouraged the maintenance of their culture as well. The motivation for this was racial, but allowed the Chinese-American culture to hold on to cultural traditions and language for several generations while other immigration groups were tending to assimilate."
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Cultural Identity, 2005.
An analysis of language as a definition of cultural identity, focusing on school-aged children.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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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."
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Cultural Identity in Schools, 2007.
An analysis of the factors influencing the development of cultural identity among students in schools.
1,049 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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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."
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Media, Policy and Cultural Identity in Canada, 2006.
A look at the measures undertaken by the Canadian government in order to maintain and promote a unique Canadian cultural identity.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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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.
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The Struggle Over African American Cultural Identity, 2002.
This paper discusses the political struggle over cultural identity via "the naming" process, whereby certain social constructions reinforce systems of racial oppression.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 62.95
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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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"The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community", 2002.
A review of "The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community" by Catherine J. Allen.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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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.
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Cultural Identity, 2002.
Discusses what a Mapping session revealed about the cultural identity of aged Canadians of Caribbean Origin.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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After a Mapping session in which several Canadians of Caribbean descent examined details of their attitudes and behaviours, the group realized that they had been acculturated to the Canadian mainstream culture. Using the example of how elderly family members are cared for, it is possible to see that the Caribbean identity survives even though the culture surrounding it has undergone obvious change.
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Power, Language, Culture and 'Me?, 2003.
Paper concerning the construction of identity in the postmodern world through power, language constructs and cultural forces.
1,999 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper explores the notion of identity through various viewpoints in contemporary modernity. This paper explores the way language, power and culture shapes the concept of the I by examining Foucaldian concepts, lingual construction and cultural studies.
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"With the impending future of global culture, the way in which the concept of the ?I? is constructed through an inter-connective culture becomes more obvious, since it affects the process through which the world consistently enriches itself through individual interaction with contemporary society. The concept of ?I? as an identity, fuelled by a wide range of philosophical, lingual and cultural discourses, can be seen as an interactive system inseparable with subjectivity, or, as Giddens proposes, a narrative which is able to build up a consistency of biographical continuity (1991; 75). In these terms is possible to view identity as a personal collective project, influenced by the light of circumstance, self-reflexivity and interaction. These elements, inherently produced through the social facets of power, language and culture, form the basis to the perception of ?me? as both socially as well as privately constructed. To comprehend this nature of identity as a construction of these facets, then, it is crucial to analyze the way in which power, language and culture interact and serve as the sociological truism in which the ?I? is understood, through social roles, discourses and disciplines exploring the perception of the self as a cultural product."
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Gendered Cultural Identity, 2007.
This paper is a personal narration of a female student living in Canada, which explores the author's gendered cultural identify and relates it to anthropological and sociological theory.
2,640 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper expresses the belief that a gendered, cultural identity narration plays a useful role in finding or defining one's own identity with the caveat that identity is constantly evolving and being dynamically recreated. The author uses the falsity of the assumption that "all Canadians are peaceable" as an example of a ludicrous theory that a particular trait can represent the culture of an entire nation of people. The paper discuses the author's different experiences of being a woman and notes that economic discrimination against women in Canada is far more subtle than in Third World countries because women have the protection of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The paper relates that, growing up in a Third World country as a white, where she was assumed to be 'Westernized', resulted in experiences unlike Black and Chicana feminists. The paper includes quotations.
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"As I have had the experience of being both a Third-World feminist and a First-World feminist, am I now a Third-World feminist or a First-World feminist? Narayan states that she chooses to call herself a Third-World feminist because many of her formative experiences took place in this context. This seems to me to be a valid point of view. While I cannot reduce my identity to simply "Third-World feminist," I can certainly see that many of my experiences growing up moulding me into a feminist - and perhaps more of a committed feminist than I might otherwise have been, ..."
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Losing Cultural Identity, 2003.
An examination of American influence on foreign cultures.
2,646 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper discusses how, over the years, U.S. culture has managed to integrate bits and pieces of itself into the languages, music, movies, television and the traditional values of foreign cultures, thus changing them. It evaluates how the amount of integration has become an increasing problem as more and more U.S. culture becomes prevalent in foreign cultures and how foreigners may be in jeopardy of losing their cultural identity to U.S. cultures. The paper also includes the effects of influences such as individualism and feminism.
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"Another section of U.S. culture that squirms its way into other cultures and influences that culture is music. Many great U.S. bands have started their careers in other countries. Jimi Hendrix got his big break by touring the United Kingdom, and most U.S. citizens will never forget that, for some reason, Germans love David Hasselhoff. The big artists in the U.S. today play a large role in foreign cultures. Many bands such as N?Sync, Marylin Manson, and Weezer depend on foreign markets as a major part of their income. The 2002 MTV Asia Awards are a prime example of this kind of influence. There are six international categories for music artists to compete in, and the winners were picked by viewers that called in their votes (Morris). In each of these categories no Asian artists were nominated, and these nominations were mainly of U.S. artists such as Britney Spears, N?Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Linkin Park and Bon Jovi(?The Nominees?)."
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Hockey and Canada's Cultural Identity, 2006.
A discussion and analysis of Richard Gruneau's and David Whitson's book, "Hockey Night in Canada".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 35.95
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There are a few stereotypical images that spring to mind when one thinks of Canada's national identity, and hockey is inevitably one of them. Is this sport really a part of Canada's national identity, or has it become an empty corporate shell? This paper discusses the book "Hockey Night in Canada", by Richard Gruneau and David Whitson and the message it conveys about the Canadian cultural and national identity.
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Culture and Identity: An African Perspective, 2001.
This paper examines the relationship between culture and identity from an African perspective.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 4 sources, $ 34.95
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This paper examines the relationship between culture and identity. Language, religion and aesthetics are used to show how culture gives a people their identity. The paper is written from an African perspective with the help of books written by African authors.
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"According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, culture is the customs, beliefs, art, music and all the other products of human thought made by a particular group of people at a particular time. Culture can also be defined as a configuration of learned ideas and solutions to conflicts in human society. Culture can be divided into two namely material culture and non-material culture. "
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Black Cultural Identity, 1989.
Discusses problems of black identification with African v. American heritage. Looks at stereotypes, cultural-historical background & development, life in white society, customs and music.
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"The question of whether blacks should be called BlackAmericans or African-Americans has brought to the fore the issue of identity for Black-Americans. Should blacks identity with Africa, or should blacks retain their American identity? Obviously, both identities have their pros and cons, and the solution is the combination of the advantageous aspects of each.
In determining the best solution for blacks, it is necessary to outline the reasons for a change in thought. The major reason for this change is black people's want of a sense of heritage. Most blacks know very little, if anything, about their ancestry before the slave ships, due to the tactics of the slave traders who would separate families to prevent any story-telling or other activity that might promote racial pride and cohesion. In (...)"
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