Latin American culture

Culture: How Far Does It Go? The most important aspect of the Latin American culture has everything to do with honor. Women have the biggest responsibility when it comes to honor. Losing your honor might undoubtedly portray as the worst deed in this culture. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the author Gabriel Marquez, demonstrates the horrifying actions taken when losing one’s honor. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the events that occurred in the novel and compare them to the same culture and also the outcomes of going against your religion in different cultures. Latin American culture is usually stereotyped as Hispanic culture simply because of the Spanish association with each other. One major concept that dignifies this culture…

communication and culture can be weighted by the epistemological twist his thinking triggered in the field of cultural studies and communication in Latin America. In short, this spin meant breaking up with the binary ways of thinking, from both Marxism and Functionalism/Administrative traditions. Secondly, the relevance of his intellectual proposal is also based upon the importance he gives to the actual people’s communication consumption, how collectively a given society makes sense of their…

Ana Coppola Prof. Cleary Arc 318L 19 October 2015 Abstract: European Countries such as Spain, France, Germany, and England, left a huge Legacy on Latin America Architecture. The Urban pattern in Latin America was greatly influenced and established by Spanish Colonization since early 16th century. Since then, not even political reformations, or independence from such Spanish colonials, would modify or break the economic relations with foreign european countries. Seeing this, even after…

The author explains the corporate culture with the three subtypes: commitment to task, personal relationship, and task-oriented. His findings show there was no distinction made between the different subgroups and talks about how different cultures identify themselves. Trompenaars’ and Hampden-Turner dimension is when people need to put personal life before business. They believe that having a good relationship at work is important before focusing on business objectives. The diffuse dimension is…

There are many different countries and territories that make up Latin America. There are a total of 22 different territories and countries. Some of the most well known countries that people often associate with Latin America are Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Cuba. Some places that don’t come to people’s minds as often or as easily are Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana, however these three comprise Latin America as well. Because there are many places associated with Latin America…

corner and the collection of Latin American books sprawled across the colorful tablecloth featuring dancing skeletons catches his eye. He casually flips through some illustrations until he comes across a striking familiar one. "This picture reminds me of a story that my mother told me when I was younger," said Martinez. Students and faculty joined the festivities of El Día de Los Muertos on Nov. 2. This Mexican holiday is a time when friends and family come together to remember, pray for, and…

Culture is based on the knowledge as well as the behavior of a particular group of people, defined through many different aspects such as: religion, cuisine, socials habits, music and last but not least through dance. Most of the countries nowadays had a large variety of nationalities within their population, the culture inside the country is influences by all the nationalities that form that country, therefore as the number of nationalities grows, so does the culture. The culture we are raised…

One would be body language in business protocol. The textbook points to how those in Japan bow versus shaking hands and how “Latin Americans are generally very physical and outgoing in their expressions and body language” (Carpenter & Sanjyot, 2013). They may find bowing or just shaking hands odd or standoffish; they will embrace or even give you a kiss on the cheek. When thinking of a Latin American meeting someone from Japan, there would definitely be a challenge as you’re talking about two…

To my amazement, the Chilean culture is quite different than any other Latin American culture. As Rebekah stated, “ I had traveled to other Latin American countries but Chile felt so much different. The country as a whole is far more developed than any other country in Latin America, yet difficult to adapt to at first.” Their values, social norms, and traditions vary compared to the U.S. Chileans are more conservative, thus, shorts aren’t worn by most women. Also, their eating habits are quite…

it’s culture. From old cave paintings, to the Renaissance, to William Shakespeare, to Van Gogh, to The Beatles, and to film, art has been surrounding us since the beginning of mankind. It’s always around us, even in the simplest things like our homes, furniture, and clothes. It’s more important than how it’s commonly portrayed, and can give us a deeper insight into a society and it’s history. During the 1960’s in Latin America, culture was beginning to change, and can be easily seen through the…