This weekend I read an article about a girl from India who moved to the United States when she was 10 years old. She talks about the challenges that she faced, how different America was from her little town in India, and how hard it was for her to keep her family traditions alive when she moved.
As I was reading the article, it came to my mind one of the days in class when we read how culture is transmitted from one generation to another through two different ways:
Enculturation: Which describes the process the little girl lived in her early years because she learned the culture into which she was born. Then, when she moved to America she experienced Acculturation: which is the process by which you learn the rules of a culture different from yours.
The girl, now 26 years old also described how wonderful it is to be able to belong to two different, but beautiful cultures.
The girl, now 26 years old also described how wonderful it is to be able to belong to two different, but beautiful cultures.
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This is a great blog post that really illustrates concepts we have covered in class well. Keep up the great posts!
ReplyDeleteIf possible, maybe you could post a link to the article you referenced for others to read. It sounds really interesting and applicable to class.
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This is the perfect example for acculturation and enculturation- especially considering how different the cultures in question are! It must be dizzying to get to an age where your own culture is your identity and then have it ripped out from under you.
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