Culture & Ethnicity: Power Point Flashcards
The thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups
culture
A pattern of shared attitudes, beliefs, self-definitions, norms, roles, and values that can occur among those who speak a particular language or live in a defined geographic area
culture
Culture…
culture is learned
culture is changeable
visable concepts of culture
religious rituals, eating habits/foods, gestures, expressions, holiday customs, art
invisible concepts of culture
ethics, etiquette, personal space, beliefs, values,
enculturation
grow
acculturation
adopt
assimilation
replace
biculturalism
select
ethnicity
shared values and beliefs transferred from generations
race
biological terms.
japanese baby. adopted by German parents. raised in America doing american traditions. German values and religion practiced.
Culture?
Ethnicity?
Race?
Culture: Biculturalism/American German
Ethnicity: German
Race: Asian
Shenjing shuairuo
weakness of nerves (chinese culture)
ataque de nervios
latino-caribbean syndrome that usually occurs in response to a specific stressor
ataque de nervios is characterized by….
disassociation or trans-like states, crying, spasms, trembling or shouting
neurasthenia
extreme fatigue, weak, memory loss (depression)
american culture bound syndromes include
anorexia and bulimia (social pressure to be thin)
e T ic view
ou T siders prospective
emic view
insiders/native prospective
“the way people tend to look out upon the
world or their universe to form a picture or value stance about life
or the world around them”
world view
Hwa-byung
Korean culture-bound syndrome observed among
middle-age, low-income women who are overwhelmed and frustrated
by the burden of caregiving for their in-laws, husbands, and
children.
chinese southeast asian healers
herbalist, acupuncturist, fortune teller, shaman
asian indians healers
ayuvedic
native american healers
medicine man, granny midwife, spiritualist, voodoo