Culture essay samples

Multiculturalism is a relatively recent phenomenon: it appeared in the 1970s in Canada and the United States. Multiculturalism serves both as real social movement, and as a particular flow of thoughts and ideology. In the world such countries make up absolute majority: less than 10% of the countries can be considered as culturally homogeneous. ... read more

Intercultural communication appears when individuals influenced by different cultural communities negotiate shared meanings in interaction. This term is limited by some authorities to refer only to communication among individuals from different nationalities. On the contrary, other scholars expand this notion of intercultural communication to cover in... read more

Hinduism originated in India about 2000 B.C. (Sen 13). There is no person who founded the religion but research suggests that it evolved for thousands of years. Hinduism is one of the oldest religions that exist (Sen 15). The Hindu scriptures have passed through centuries of editing, and it has a miscellaneous structure of belief. Hinduism recognizes no faith, and it has no doctrines. Hindui... read more

The second part of the play, the relationship between a woman and men are extremely influential in the play; this is because few women are present. It is evident that only the antagonists have daughters and wives who make a turn up, whereas King Henry and Hal have no consequences in their personality. The consequences of the situation are in the relationship between Hotspur and Lady Percy. L... read more

For current comparison I have chosen excerpts from two quite different concerts – one featured the grand opus by J.S.Bach, namely his Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major BWV1050 performed by Croatian Baroque Ensemble, the other featured no less grand performance by the rock band Evanescence at Rock am Ring in summer of 2012 (both retrieved from YouTu... read more

Death is certainly one of those issues which each of us tries not to spend that much time thinking about, until, sadly, someone we know is dying. Yet, Caitlin Doughty, who hosts the increasingly popular web-series “Ask a Mortician” wants to change that. The hostess is a licensed mortician who lives in Los Angeles, and she is on a mission of turning death into a part of daily culture in Ameri... read more

Introduction

The media is one of the most commonly applied modes of communication in the 21st century. Communication is a very important tool in the society and the world at large. Communication should efficient and effective and easily understood by the recipient. As much as communication is important in the current world, there... read more

In the view of the latest worldwide events related to the YouTube broadcasting of the movie “The Innocence of Muslims” and the protest encompassing many Arab countries along with banning of the movie in some Arab (and non-Arab) countries, it would be most proper to discuss the portrayal of Muslims in television and online media by means of referring ... read more

Food and Culture

A. is thirty-two and she claims to be Russian, although like numerous citizens of ex-Soviet Union she has mixed roots, Ukrainian, Chechen, Georgian and, certainly, pure Russian. She speaks three languages besides her native – English, Ukrainian and a bit Spanish. She is a representative of the generation that mig... read more

Such a category as “meaning of life” is one of the most important notions among the concepts regarding world outlook. It has a tremendous importance for spiritual and moral upbringing of the person. The choice of the life strategy influences not only on the person’s life but on the life of the whole humanity. Purpose of life includes numerous small ev... read more