Abstract Ravaged by war, violently pushed out of their home country, separated from their extended family and friends, and evacuated to a foreign country where they have no commonality, Vietnamese refugees faced the worst after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. ... The paper focuses on two specific aspects: how these developments create or recreate a sense of identity and how has it helped the Vietnamese immigrants integrate into American society. ... Little Saigon and Paris by Night: Creating a Sense of Identity The story of the Vietnamese immigrant experience is one of pain and loss. ... Ex...

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According to this conception, culture refers to people's everyday sense-making or meaning-making experience. ... Culture is "subjective" because everyone of us has an individual way of looking at the world and, as a result, has a unique way of making sense of the world. In other words, an important question to ask about culture is HOW people come up with their unique way(s) of making sense of the world. ... This is a KEY component is the communication process and in our understanding of culture as a sense-making experience. ...

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Does it mean dissappearing borders, a common trade unit, no tax in trade abroad, political awareness across the world, or, in extremes, even interfering with other countries' domestic affairs? In some ways globalization may be useful in creating a common sense of "world citizenship", but useful to what extent? ... Taking a step further the EU have decided on a common currency, the "Euro" , which became available at the beginning of 1999. ... By the beginning 20th century with the effects of industrialization and common usage of communication devices and transpotation becoming faster and ...

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A global perspective of music is a sense of the lifestyles, traditions, values and the music of several nations and cultures throughout the world. ... Yet the roar of a waterfall, the sound of rain falling on a tent or the chirping of birds can sense but as pleasing, and these perhaps as musical, sounds. ... Music also provides a means of communication for people who desire common identity who have common values and aspirations. ...

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A global perspective of music is a sense of the lifestyles, traditions, values and the music of several nations and cultures throughout the world. ... Yet the roar of a waterfall, the sound of rain falling on a tent or the chirping of birds can sense but as pleasing, and these perhaps as musical, sounds. ... Music also provides a means of communication for people who desire common identity who have common values and aspirations. ...

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The definition should include; common language, common perceptions, sharing of traditions, how people perceive them and more importantly, how they see themselves when placed amongst other nations. ... It provides the people of the community with a sense of security- a feeling or re-assurance that they can be identified as a unity by the world. ...

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But this theory does not agree with the majority, because it is not possible for the workers to share a common culture if their departments are broken down into separate cultures. ... Therefore, a strong culture should allow members to voice their opinions and ideas; this gives the individuals a sense of purpose and, in the long run, makes them feel they have accomplished something. ... If members feel a sense of belonging, they are aware of being involved, informed and having a share in the company's success. Plus if the members have a sense of excitement, they will be proud of their ...

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Now a giant population of the United States was brought together through a common taste in music. ... This provided a means for laborers all across the nation to unify and work for the common goal of better work conditions. ... In this sense the commercialization of this culturally popular outfit placed a wedge in between the flappers and more conservative groups. ... I have demonstrated that by commercializing the popular culture of subgroups such as music, Americans across the country were united with a common taste for Jazz and Hillbilly music. ...

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Alice is appealing everywhere because of her sense of imagination, her childish naivety, and her fearless and inquisitive nature. People everywhere have a common yearning to let go and speak their minds, without feeling as if they shouldn't. ...

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August 30, 2003 Truths for Understanding our Surroundings In Lewis's "Axioms for Reading a Landscape" he writes about the cultural landscapes that are all around us daily that we seldom notice or recognize. He defines what most people think of when they hear the word "Landscape",...

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We the audience are led to feel a great sense of empathy towards the Aboriginal characters within the play, because even though they resist white arrogance and dominance and all that this brings with it, they ultimately fail. ... Europeans in No Sugar are portrayed as having a strong sense of ownership of the land, whereas the Aboriginal people are seen to belong to their land. ... Sam overcomes expectations of Aboriginality by working for the white man, which further displays more oppression, yet he rises above the situation, in a sense communicating to us that what you are is what you own. ....

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Digs have uncovered many clues about the origin of man, and how we can more accurately trace our lineage back to a common ancestor. ... In other societies, forms of marriage other than monogamy make more sense, and make life easier. ... This is common for brothers who do not wish to divide up their father's lands, so they will marry the same woman and both retain the entire estate. Polygyny is a far more common structure of marriage, which also has benefits to societies in which a large percent of the work is devoted to farming and caring of livestock. ... In the U.S., bilateral descent i...

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In Ethiopia christianity would bring people together establishing a pride along with a sense of guidance. ... " It appealed to a deep sense that the very men and women who had very little in common with normal people were best suited to mediate between believers and god".9 When looking at christianity in Ethiopia and Charlemagne's empire it is clear that christian ways have influenced them shaping society while surviving the test of time as it still lasts to this day. ...

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There are many definitions which apply to the popular culture and one of the simplest ways to determine what is popular culture is to observe congregations in society, large groups and what their common interest is. There is a particular group of people that do not know one another, that come from all walks of life, all different religions, but they came together for the one thing they do have in common -the "Twilight" saga. ... The evil results of these sins are so patent in vice, crime, misery and disease that it would appear that all, young and old, must perceive and sense them. ...

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It can be defined as a representative, interpretive process in which people from different cultures share a common means. ... Gender in the sense of viewing the status and role that the male and female sexes play. ... Criticising before trying to understand is a very common occurrence between cultures. ...

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To conform to culturally defined ideals of male and female beauty, people have stretched their necks with rings, removed ribs to achieve tiny waists, and "most commonly today sculpted the body through plastic surgery tiny waists, small feet, and large or small breasts and buttocks have been prized or scorned as ideals of female beauty. " Less common are ways of shaping men's bodies but developing muscles, shaping the head, or gaining weight are ways in which cultural ideals of male beauty and power have been expressed. ... Its messages and meanings only make sense in the context of cultur...

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This is the right thing to do in a sense that we should protect our children but do we really need to sue the school district what are we teaching our children. ... In the nineties divorce was just a common as marriage. ...

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Moreover, translators can use the method of illustration in which the image is used to make sense to the readers. ... It should be "Vietnamese Mother Day", because in two cultures, "Mother Day" and "Ngày Lễ Vu Lan" share a common meaning as a day to honor mother and motherhood. ...

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The anthropologist provides six aspects of culture shock: strain, a sense of loss and feeling of deprivation, rejection, confusion, surprise/anxiety even disgust and indignation, and feelings of impotence. ... Moreover, some common symptoms of culture shock consist of anxiety, specifically a "free-floating" anxiety. ... Cleveland (1960) has found that expatriates who functioned well tended to be rated relatively high on technical skill, belief in their mission, a sense of politics, evidence of cultural empathy, and clear organizational ability. ...

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The young boys and girls do not analyze these encounters and stress out about what they mean but rather view them as humorous, uncomplicated, and a very common part of the Samoan lifestyle. ... Where the viewing and knowledge of sexual acts are very common to the young Samoan child, children are also very accustomed to birth, death, seeing dead bodies, and even watching miscarriages. ... As Mead clearly states, "for the Samoan there is no privacy and no sense of shame"(96). ...

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The definition of an Organisation can be definede as " a group of people working together to attain common goals". ... It seemed more common that the existing staff would erect barriers for the new staff. ... This could be achieved by trying to establish a sense of pride and enthusiasm in the firm rather that requiring each individual to strictly adhere to a narrow and rigid behaviour. ...

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This study aims to compare and contrast the two interpretations, evaluate the common ground between them, as well as areas of conflicts. ... For example, the film neglected to include certain details that were very much a part of the Sioux's way of life, such as the self-torture of the sun dance ritual and the common intertribal feuds, for fear it would tamper with the starry-eyed Indian people it had depicted so far. ... Lake Randall concedes too that the critics are too preoccupied with insignificant details, such as historical details, to appreciate ...

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He believes education is to lead the resistance against technology by changing the curriculum to help restore a sense of meaning and purpose lost to the Technopoly. ... Another example of a resistance fighter is a person who does not allow psychology or any "social science" to pre-empt the language and thought of common sense. ...

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Social Structures is defines as the centralization of all activities that attempt to govern, and all that governing suggest such as politics, economics, agriculture, military, education, they are the common structures that run society. ... The definition of nation in this sense has the former colonialist majority still imbedded in every aspect of the current status of the nation. ...

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However, hooks suggests we create an actual and culturally diverse academy to establish various but equal and common ground and learn to acknowledge variation of races. ... It makes sense, too, by committing ourselves, specifically, to transform the academy by putting aside difference and be open with diversity and the commitment to truth. ...

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