Culture Shock

Having been raised in a traditional Mexican family, I thought that growing up I had a good understanding about the Mexican culture and families. However, I was seriously mistaken upon returning to Mexico for a family vacation. I was expecting to go across the border and experience things similar to what we have in the […]

Culture shock is the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration or a visit to a new country or to a move between social environments also a simple travel to another type of life. One of the most common causes of culture shock involves individuals in […]

In 1975 as the Vietnam War was ending, Mai Thi Kim sent her seven- year-old daughter Mai Thi Hiep, later known as Heidi from that war-torn country to the United States in “Operation Babylift”. This operation saved many Vietnamese children’s life and gave them an opportunity to grow up and out of post-war chaos. This […]

Cultural products as a part of tourism industry have become an influential strategy in modern international trade. Food is one of the distinctive goods, which have popularly been brought to represent the country and the culture of its residents. However, surprisingly, the use of food as a cultural product by tourism industry today no longer […]

This paper, from the perspective of microculture, mainly explores how the cultural anthropological theory “cultural adaptation” works on a personal experience of a student who pursues her further study inter-regionally in the different provinces of China. Much more focus will be given on the main models the personal cultural adaptation has followed in the study. […]

Culture is a condition of confusion and anxiety affecting a person suddenly exposed to an alien culture or milieu. There are many different ways to experience culture shock. It can be experienced across the world or as near as one’s backyard. Many Americans would venture that they consider themselves very culturally accepting. Often, when these […]

With the development of globalization, greater education plays a progressively important function in a nation’s development. So increasingly more students, in order to get the better education choose to study abroad. Numerous people covet the trainees who can study in foreign country to get the innovative education. Nevertheless, it is hard to picture the pressure […]