Essays on Cultural Identity

European Union has come to be and changed over time. By definition, identity means ”self-understanding of the individual” and contains both collective and subjective elements (Lutz et al. ,2006). Identity is not a fixed category; it is a animatedly or dynamically changing element in our...

Culture is the beliefs, customs, norm, idea, art of a particular society, community, place or time. Organizational culture can be described as a two level construct that includes both observable and unobservable characteristics of the organisation. At the observable level, culture includes many aspects of...

Country music has undergone many changes throughout the years, with an ever-changing identity difficult to pinpoint. Country artists still struggle with the thought of keeping their music conservative versus exploring new sounds to reach broader audiences. With its “honky tonk” melodies and twangy instruments, in...

According to Navas et al (2005), the acculturation concept started to be used by American social anthropologists towards the end of the 19th century. Its wide application to the study of social changes and cultural contacts between different communities (for example, peasants, native communities, etc....

What is Japan known for? That’s a hard question to answer! I suspect if you ask ten people you’ll get ten different answers. Anyway, here’s a list of some of the things Japan is known for. I’ve tried to do a mix of culture, nature,...

Greece has a long history of a flourishing empire and developments in their art and culture. They are known for being the pioneers of new developments of technology, art, philosophy and literature. In their prime Greece was at the center of it all, having the...

As it concerns the nationalities as listed above, I think of these individuals as being much like myself. The problem we have with identity is defining the “other” in accordance with the concept that “I” or “we” are the norm. Once I do this then...