Introduction Australia is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse nations in the world with over 6 million Australian residents born overseas, 25% of the population with a language background other than English and over 75% identifying with an ancestry other than 'Australian'. ... However, although the rhetoric of the policy is well intended, there continues to be a marked gap in opportunities and outcomes for students who don't identify with the 'dominant' Australian culture. ... (McLeod, p. 410) Although the Australian education system nominally embr...

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During the 1950's(1), television was eventually embraced by Australia. ... Rather than being either completely "Americanized- or not at all, Australians integrated television and a heavy diet of American programming into their national way of life at the same time as they continued to subscribe to existing cultural attitudes about the value and relevance of Australian culture. From examining early TV in historical context, it is also clear that the presence of Australian television provoked reactions that were rooted in concerns about Australian national identity. ... Internationally ...

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"Homies", "goths" and car enthusiasts are examples of youth subcultures, in which many Australian young people are a part of. Subcultures are not a useful way to analyse the positions or experiences of youth in Australia due to a variety of reasons. ... Subcultures are formed when an individual's attitude, images, experiences, values and identity are shaped around particular styles of fashion, music, language and culture. Subculture can be seen as a subdivision of a national culture; it exists between the parameters of certain cultures" (Najman, 2000)Identity can be defined as "The distin...

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One just needs to travel to a country like Australia to see this first hand. Australia is an English speaking country but over the years Australians have developed a verbal dialect that in some cases sounds Chinese to non-Australians. ... In intercultural research, British, French, German, Scandinavian, Swiss, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian and the US cultures have been identified as cultures high in individualistic value tendencies. ... In most of these cultures we can find within-culture difference. ... The complete opposite applies to small power-distance cultures such as Denmark, Nor...

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Traditional Aboriginal Art Work Today aboriginals are revered as a drunk and crazy culture. ... Aboriginal Culture actually has Music, Dance, Art and many other spiritual beliefs. ... The so-called drunk and crazy Aboriginals are actually a culture of in depth with special themes like Dreamtime. In Aboriginal culture, each of the different tribes use different methods and techniques. ... Aboriginal Australians believe they have been here since the Dreamtime. ...

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focus on is Aboriginal women in Australia. ... This standard is called the "norm" and those that do not fit into this norm are the most often stereotyped in Australia. ... But sometimes this very struggle not to fit into the stereotype of what an aboriginal is in the eyes of the typical Australian can lead to shame of ones culture. Instead of embracing their culture as a part of themselves, they are thrust into the task of trying to hide it. ... Social equality may still be a struggle that is faced by Aboriginal women but now it is a burden made lighter with mainstream Australia's recogni...

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He begins by discussing the anatomy and migration patterns of the earliest humans on earth, and then moves on to the extinction of the Australian/ New Guinean animals. ... He then goes on to compare the extinction of big game in Australia and New Guinea to that in the Americas, then talks about early tools. He is basically showing us that Africa, Australia, and New Guinea had a head start over Europe and the Americas, yet it is Europe and the Americas that have the dominant cultures today. ... The Eurasian societies were able to master food production at a faster pace than the societies...

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The crime of family violence is widespread in the Australian community. A survey indicated that violence was in one out of three households (Family court of Australia). ... One out of three marriages ends up with divorce (family court Australia). ... As "moral beings", defined either by western or eastern culture, we can think individually, make our own choice. ...

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Culture CULTURE What is culture? ... Man alone due to ability possesses culture. ... Society preceded culture. ... The concept of culture embraces the culture of mankind as a whole. ... The culture trait is generally regarded as the unit of culture. ...

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Films are often constructions of reality, offering representations of the current issues within a society's culture. "Shame" is a 1988 Australian film that reflects some of the pernicious issues that have become naturalized in our real-life society, such as a deep rooted rape culture upheld by a dominant male discourse. ... Within the film, dialogue is used to expose how the sexual exploitation of women is an intrinsic part of Australian culture, displaying how rape has become a naturalized part of society. ... Dialogue is also used to represent how social judgment from an oppressively ma...

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The utilitarian tradition appears to be the most dominant in Australia today. ... The seminar, as part of the process of developing transcendent knowledge, will also examine the relationship between culture and religion in the light of Paul Tillich's (Philosopher & Theologian) claim that, "Religion is the substance of culture, and culture the form of religion." ...

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The perpetuation of racism in Australian society is blamed on the mainstream news media, as racist preconceptions are reflected and reinforced through the use of racialised messages. ... One of the goals of the media should be to represent the prevailing differences of culture, opinion and social conditions of the populations as a whole. ... Racism will continue to exist despite Australia's official multiculturalism policy as the media play an active role in perpetuating this racism through negative stereotypes that continue to invade newspapers and television screens....

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The concept of power differs greatly from culture to culture. ... Australians very rarely understand how other countries perceive authority. ... Ethnocentrism is the tendency to view our own culture as superior to others, and relates to all cultures. Western cultures tend to discriminate against eastern cultures because of the roles that gender play. ... Many cultures strive for equality of the genders but in this department no culture will ever be equal. ...

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When Ellen has been shipwrecked ashore the Australian mainland, she is faced with a society of people who exhibit values and attitudes far different to those of her own Anglo-Centric society. The Indigenous Australians, the Aborigines, who, in the time era of the text, are the major occupants of Australia, are a society who, unlike the Anglo-Centric society of England, value the importance of the land, and the harmony that must be achieved between humankind and their environment. ...

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He studied research of the religious beliefs and practices of Australian aborigines and studied the practice of totemism and argues that the totem acts as a symbol for the religion and it stands for the values within the religion, therefore worship of the totem is worship of the social group itself and so this maintains society. ... Secondly the extent of social involvement of the religion, if the religion is strong within the culture then it will have more of an impact on social change than those that don't. Also how much authority the religion has in a culture, the more central in th...

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In Vietnamese culture, coffee doesn't serve as an individual beverage to hype up energy. ... Drinking coffee in our culture can compare to friends and families hanging out and getting drinks in other cultures. ... One time he invited an Australian friend, Dylan out for coffee. ... In Vietnamese culture, this is an authentic way of making and drinking coffee. ... Knowing and understanding how meaningful coffee can be in Vietnamese culture make me a complete insider. ...

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The previous theory focused on the learning of criminality but the Culture Conflict theory looked at the source of this criminal behavior. Culture Conflict theory states that different groups learn different conduct norms and that the norms of some groups may clash with those of other. ... Primary conflict, it occurs when norms of two cultures clash. Secondary conflict, it appears when a single culture divide into different cultures. The Culture Conflict theory was best described and discussed by Thorsten Sellin. ...

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As internet related developments continue to accelerate, a relatively cheap and easy means of communicating and sharing experiences between different cultures and across vast geographical expanses can be realised, via cyberspace, from a computer terminal and keyboard without having to physically speak or travel. ... The richness and vitality of cyber cultures is attractive and even addictive, noted Rheingold (1993, p.3). ... However, Phillip Armstrong (2002 in Lewis 2002), National Manager of the Australian Counselling Association warns, "Although there are many positives in cyber communities...

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We examine the role played by the buyers" culture, subculture, and social class. Culture Culture is the most basic determinant of a person's wants and behaviour. ... Culture is an integral part of the FMCG, services, hospitality and travel business. ... Culture is dynamic, adapting to the environment. ... Consumer behaviour across international cultures. ...

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Mythology can be defined as the study and interpretation of myth and the body of myths of a particular culture. Myth is an extremely complex cultural phenomenon that portrays the symbolic language and fundamental elements and hypothesis of a culture. ... Superman, however like many myths is pure escapism, allowing the audience insight into another culture without making obvious parallels. ... Australian writer Richard Neville has identified Xena as "just a big, brassy, pseudo-Greek legend waylaying everything in her path, especially men". ...

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These include Norway, United Kingdom, Australia, United States of America, France, Germany etc. ... When Africa was colonized and new immigrants came to the country to settle down, there came a gradual amalgamation of the different cultures, traditions and values, crumbling the ethnicities of the people present there. ...

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Sennett, (1998) focused on the switch between industrial capitalism and the new work role; with the contemporary culture of movement equalling a rise to the top, not instability. ... Australia: Longman. ...

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The term "Liminality" is a new word that became synonymous with Victor Turner's work in "The Ritual Process" published in 1967, but in turn seems from "The Rights of Passage" by Arnold Van Gannep. Van Gennep's work focuses on the "rites of passage", which today is seen as a ritual for people in d...

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Sociology Essay How useful is the concept of elite' for understanding the distribution of power in either Britain or the United States? Introduction In America perhaps only race is a more sensitive subject than the way we sort ourselves out in the struggle for success. The eminent sociologist Rob...

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