"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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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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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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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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