Analysis of Chinese and American cultural values in the film——《Gua Sha Treatment》

The film——《Gua Sha Treatment》 tells the story of a Chinese family who immigrates to the Unit ed States,but falls into a series of troubles because the traditional Chinese medical therapy-Gua Sha is not understood and recognized by Americans.The film takes Gua Sha as the main line,reflecting the misunderstanding,conflict and integration caused by different cultural values be-tween China and America.This paper interprets the differences and conflicts between Chinese and American cultural values contained in the film from the perspectives of ethics,face and friendship,and points out that mutual adaptation and tolerance are effective meth-ods to overcome cultural barriers and improve the quality of communication in cross-cultural communication.

Theme Analysis of Everyday Use by Alice Walker——about Afro-Americans' Cultural Identification

By discussing the cultural and historical context of the story and through detailed reviewing of the content,the article tries to deeply analyze the theme of Alice Walker's Everyday Use,and it shows that the writer wants to tell readers two mistakes in Afro-Americans' cultural identification: escaping from the painful history and blind seeking for African culture.

Major Problems in American Education: From a Socio-Cultural Perspective

American intellectuals of different generations and in various eras,with a strong sense of social responsibility and a critical mind,have dedicated themselves in revealing some major problems existing in American education,namely educational inequality,declining academic performance,inadequate funding,and school violence.By describing and probing into these problems from a socio-cultural perspective,they offer a solution of eliminating the socio-economic inequality in America,which is fundamental and essential.

A Comparative Study of British Gentleman Culture and American Cowboy Culture

This paper makes a comparative analysis by selecting British gentleman culture and American cowboy culture,the two distinctive cultures,to trace their roots,explore their connotations,and search for their similarities and differences,so as to better understand the respective characteristics of British and American cultures.The result shows that although the two cultures have different styles,which can interpret two different ethnic cultures,they are related by blood and have certain commonalities.

Comparison between American and Chinese Cultures Based on Theories of Cultural Dimensions

This paper focuses on studying the cultural differences between China and America on the basis of the cultural dimensions presented by Hofstede,Hall,Trompenaars and Tunner,in order to raise the cultural awareness when people are interacting in these two super countries of the world.A new scale of cultural dimensions include individualism/collectivism,power distance,low/high context,and diffuse/specific.

Chinese Students’ Adaptation of Social Intercourse Influenced by Different Cultural Contexts of China and America in American Universities

1 Statement of the Purpose (1) Statement of the purpose The purpose of the research isto study Chinese studends' adaptation of social intercourse influenced by different cultural contexts of China and America in American universities.And the study will also try to find out the exact problems and obstacles during Chinese students' adapting period in American universities.

Community-Based Hepatitis B Campaign in Asian Americans

Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) disproportionately affects minority groups in the US, particularly Asian Americans, with numerous factors contributing to this disparity. Of the 2.4 million people living with chronic HBV in the US, 60% are Asian American. Many are unaware of their status and lack access to proper clinical care, with less than ten percent receiving necessary antiviral treatment. Barriers to screening and care include lack of disease awareness, language and cultural barriers, and financial constraints. Additionally, healthcare providers and systems in the US often overlook the importance of CHB, leading to inadequate care. In response, the Center for Viral Hepatitis (CVH) has implemented a community-based outreach program over the past sixteen years, employing a multifaceted approach involving all sectors of society and various organizations to combat health disparities in CHB. This grassroots campaign has proven highly effective, leveraging CVH’s leadership in spearheading numerous collaborative activities with community members, healthcare professionals, and policymakers. We have summarized the key points of CVH's efforts and their significance in combating CHB-related health disparities. The CHB Screening and Awareness Campaign, tailored to the Asian American community, serves as a successful model for increasing CHB screening, linkage-to-care, and addressing socio-cultural barriers and health literacy. Insights from these outreach programs have guided the development of culturally relevant resources and education initiatives. These findings suggest that such community-driven approaches are essential for addressing health disparities. The strategies and outcomes of CVH’s efforts can inform future health initiatives for other minority communities in the US and globally.

Polar Models of Culture-Regressivism Versus Progressivism

The culture wars that simmer within any nation may have been escalating recently;but regardless of their national settings or milieus,many of these wars are informed by two opposing paradigms of culture.This paper analyzes two of these leading paradigms,designated here as Regressivism and Progressivism.Other theorists have long chronicled the differing strengths and weaknesses of these paradigms,taking the former as expressing more conservative,traditional,and nationalistic values,and the latter as expressing more liberal,pluralistic,and cosmopolitan values.Going beyond these perennial distinctions,I argue that Progressivism is more benign and beneficial than the former-by meeting basic human needs better and supporting more effective adaptation to changing exigencies.I also argue that Progressivism does not express merely subjective or relativistic preferences and values,but objectively preferable and quantifiable ones,that benefit not only our personal lives more but also our global village and communal lives more.

Chinese Dream and American Dream： A Cultural Interpretation

Chinese dream and American dream reach the same end by different means. So Chinese dream and American dream are similar, they are expressed in different ways, and different expressions originate from different cultures and civilizations. So how to facilitate cross-cultural understanding？ I have three points： first, recognize the diversity of Western civilization; second, striking a connection between China and the West; third, a reflexive approach.

The Influence of British and American Cultural Differences on English and American Literature Review

In an era of globalization, cross-cultural communication is not strange to us with studyingand travelling abroad, and even immigration becoming a part of our lives. In such an era of international communication being increasingly frequent, learning the culture of other countries will help usto do well in international communication. The paperis going to study,from the British and American history and culture, the differences of all kinds of their present acts in the world and impacts of the historical reasons on their own citizens, to not only let the reader understand the cultural differences between these two countries, but also to get the cause of the difference to better understand their cultures.

Probing into the Influence of American Culture on Chinese Culture from the Angle of Cultural Capital--A Case Study of Hollywood Movies

In this paper,we study the features and implicature of Hollywood movies from the angel of cultural capital,identify development indicators of the Hollywood movie industry,thereby putting forward the future development path of Chinese film culture.

Comparative Analysis of Chinese and American Cultural Values

Being aware of the differences that exist between cultures and knowing how to act when we are faced with puzzling cross-cultural situations are important skills for harmonious intercultural relations.Cross-cultural research shows that we can examine all cultures by using a basic taxonomy of cultural behaviors which allows us to see the differences and similarities among cultures.The paper provides students with knowledge to enhance their awareness of cultural values between China and America,and the analysis is put on such diverse values as human nature orientation,relationship of humankind to nature,time orientation,social relationships,and activity orientations.

Cultural Identity on Afro- American Women Writers

Afro- American Women were once a social minority and the weaker gender in American society. Through the endeavor of a group of Afro- American women writers,they have achieved a great success for the cultural identity by concluding their own social experience into works in recent decades. This paper reviews the cultural identity built by Afro- American black women writers and introduces its historical reasons,works,and historical significance. By doing this,we stand to gain insights into the American women writers and find their great contributions to their cultural identity in American culture.

Cultural Implication of American Dream in American Movies

American Dream is one of the core theme reflected in American movies,which have depicted numerous images of ordinary people’s struggle for wealth and success through their own efforts.This paper explores four typical movies and presents the mechanism and mutual influence between American Dream and American movies. The cultural implication of the American Dream is rooted in America.Individualism,Liberty and Equality,Self Reliance and Efforts,Personal Success are all indispensable to the realization of American Dream.

Cross-cultural Pragmatics within Speech Act:Refusal in Chinese and American Culture

This essay concentrates on the differences in one cross-cultural pragmatics within one speech acts-refusal in both Chinese culture and American culture.Some background theories are introduced at the beginning,followed by specific pragmatics situations of refusal.At the end of the essay,some concepts of cross-cultural pragmatics speech acts teaching are also discussed.

Cultural Symbols in Chinese American Literature

Chinese cultural symbols have been widely transplanted in Chinese American literature.Those symbols bear different significance in different authors’works on different historical stages,which,in essence,reflect Chinese American writers’difficult process of searching for and constructing their cultural identity.

On the New Development Direction of American Cultural Genres in the Internationalization Context

With the birth of Enlightment,American cultural genres shaped new development manners which regarded decolonization as the main stream.Following the constant development,the construction of cultural context which is independent,cooperative,concise and frank proved to be a new developing trend forAmerican cultural genres.Besides borderless development was gradually achieved through national cooperation and integration,thus great influence was generated to integrate international multi-ethnic cultures with new developing direction,which prompted new development of American cultural genres to realize the initiative goal that language context can become internationalized and diversified.

Translation Subtitles of American TV Series from Cultural Perspective—A Case Study of Gossip Girl

Since American TV series have been playing an important role in the international community and transmission, this paper takes the subtitle of the popular TV play 'Gossip Girl' for the study, exploring the cultural factors'importance of the translation of subtitles, and combined Nida's functional equivalence theory to analyze the cultural differences between China and America, using the domesticating translating strategy and foreignizing translating strategy, then finds out that we should use the appropriate literal translation and free translation to correctly handle the cultural factors, avoid the loss of information which because of the cultural differences, make the cultural transformation in translation come true.

Neighborhood deprivation and availability of culturally specific African-American and Latino fruits and vegetables in five small central Illinois cities

Introduction: Although individual-level dietary behavior among racial/ethnic minority groups in the US is influenced by cultural food preferences and socioeconomic position, few studies of the food store environment have simultaneously examined both factors. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the availability of culturally specific fruits and vegetables for African Americans and Latinos by levels of neighborhood deprivation. The 5 small central Illinois cities selected for the study have exhibited increasing numbers of both racial/ ethnic groups in the last decade. Methods: A validated audit tool was used to survey 118 food stores in 2008. Census 2000 block group data was used to create a neighborhood deprivation index (categorized as low, medium, and high) based on socioeconomic characteristics using principal component analysis. Statistical analyses were performed in SPSS version 17.0 to determine whether the availability of culturally specific fruits and vegetables (n = 31) varied by neighborhood levels of deprivation and store type. Results: Fewer than 50% of neighborhoods carried culturally specific fruits and vegetables, with the lowest availability found in low deprivation neighborhoods (p < 0.05). Culturally specific fruits and vegetables were most often found in neighborhoods with medium levels of deprivation, and in grocery stores (p < 0.05). Latino fruits and vegetables were less likely to be found across neighborhoods or in stores, compared to African-American fruits and vegetables. Conclusions: The limited availability of culturally specific fruits and vegetables for African Americans and Latinos highlights potential environmental challenges with adherence to daily dietary guidelines for fruit and vegetable consumption in these groups.

African-American's Awareness of Cultural Heritage: Alice Walker's Everyday Use

Alice Walker's famous short story Everyday Use reveals African American's awareness of cultural heritage, which is deeply affected by the"double consciousness"as well as their racial identification in the Civil Rights Movement. Through the exploration of the cultural conflict reflected in Everyday Use by relating to the influence on black people produced by the AfricanAmerican Civil Rights Movement, and the discussion of the different attitudes of the mother and her daughters towards their cultural heritage, the essay aims to reinforce Alice Walker's claim that any attempt to lay too much emphasis on the ideas of utilitarian return to black people's traditional culture is shallow and superficial.