Tag: ‘us’ and ‘them’
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Culture Shock
Today, our topic is culture shock. Recently, I have been thinking about culture shock a lot. I’ve seen a lot of world thus far in my life, have lived in several countries and have had a chance to observe some pretty unique behaviours. And yet, I’ve never really suffered from the infamous culture shock. Instead,…
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Goth in the jungle – subculture and variety
We’ve survived the extensively Halloween themed week, so now, we’ll be moving on with a variety of anthropological themes. Today, we’ll be looking at subculture and variety, and we’ll use the Goth subculture around the globe as our case study. I’m going to start by challenging the perspective of subculture and mainstream culture. You see,…