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Researching Language Across Cultural Lines

to this perspective is the fact that external forces also impact the linguistic development of a region, and as a result, linguist...

Cultural Differences and Management Issues Affecting Mexico

a business traveler in Mexico must be cognizant of cultural differences and attitudes in order to be successful. Whether one is br...

Cultural Diversity Benefits

the aspects such as morals, ethics and the use of tools such as empowerment (Veiga, 1993). This will be reflected in the way they ...

Families, Gender, and Cultural Roles

paper, well examine the structural-functional paradigm and determine how it pertains to the role of gender in the family. Well the...

Mayan Technological, Cultural, and Socioeconomic Development

Mayan culture (Brady, 1995). There appears to be little differentiation in individual wealth levels as can be determined from exa...

Cultural and Economic Overview of Colombia

The population of the country is 42.9 million, and the median age of the population is about 26 years (CIA Factbook, 2005). The gr...

Different Cultural Applications of American Management Concepts

If we want to examine this we can use Hofstedes model of cultural diversity to show areas of difference. Hofstede, looking at cult...

Mappings, Feminism and Cultural Geographies of Encounters by Susan S. Friedman

cultures" (Friedman 5). This is what Friedman attempts to offer her readers in this text. Part I focuses on the encounters betwe...

Native American and European American Cultural Interaction

of the Native Americans, inasmuch as the settlers had no desire to include the indigenous people in their progressive plans. Rath...

Cultural Icons of Russia

In three pages this paper examines Russia's rich cultural history in a consideration of its dancers, artists, composers, and write...

At Risk African American Male Learning and a Discussion of Cognition and its Cultural Influences

2004). "The majority of reporting states-26 out of the 46 responding to the latest survey-have dropout rates ranging from 4.0% to...

Cultural Images in the Media

The broader version promoted by Hall is that a "text" of any kind - "be it a book, movie, or other creative work - is not simply p...

Personal Essays and Cultural Backgrounds

Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) was a Russian novelist who passionately portrayed the ongoing class struggle between the peasantry and t...

Cultural Role of Religion in Egypt and the US

time again (Cairo, 2006). During the Christina era, the bishops of Alexandria were always guarding against heresy and the institut...

Cultural Practices For Memory and Learning

an adult and include conceptual reasoning" (Piaget, 2001). During all of these stages, the child "experiences his or her environme...

American Revolution and Cultural Interactions

its many treasures. Not only were their cultures tremendous varied, so too were the various regions that they called home and the...

Cultural Values in History

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

International College Students and Cultural Adjustment

with a focus on studies that relate problems of acculturation, cultural adjustment and counseling in higher education. These stud...

Cultural Comparison of Korea and the U.S.

Lifestyle - Food, 2002). Because of problems with refrigeration, preserved foods like kimchi (a fermented cabbage dish) and doenj...

Cultural Exploration and the Theatrical Works of Moliere

standing, a brother to the king at the time, and yet he continued to develop his own messages, his own style, that seemed to trans...

Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Cultural Development

about three or four percent of the population with either Buddhist, Daoist or Muslim at one or two percent ("China," 2005). Japa...

Taking a Deliberative Approach to Cultural Conflicts and Its Advantages

fundamental operations of a given community, not the least of which includes issues of law, politics and economic strength. In sh...

Nursing and Cultural Diversity

a strategic factor in a broader movement toward social transformation that stresses social equity (Downey 249). This transformatio...

Viejas and Morongo Tribal Cultural and Economic Transformations

a demand for their services. The Native Americans that own these casinos and work in them benefit economically and socially as th...

Globalization and its Economic, Organizational, and Cultural Impacts

the poorer countries are only able to produce the raw goods. These are then exported. Often from countries that need the goods for...

4 Cultural Topics

America, by contrast, embraces a decidedly more individualistic notion of cultural behavior by virtue of its capitalistic existenc...

Jazz Age and Cultural Developments

was quickly transitioning from an agrarian lifestyle to one which centered around the cities. Lounges became favored places of en...

Cultural Variatioins on Death and Dying

death. For some families extreme suffering is something to be avoided even if it means that they resort to extreme measures such ...

Peasant Village Life and the Effects of China's Cultural Revolution

to rid the Chinese Community Party of all of Maos rivals and enemies and to take control of their country through his leadership (...

Human Rights as a Cultural or Universal Concept

which even weak legislation can be supportive of human rights in the way that it is implemented and interpreted within the courts....