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Intercultural Spr2006 Sess10

Exam 1. Converted, during class, to a take home exam due Thursday.

Each of the following questions should be answered on the basis of the New York Times Magazine article on covering that I distributed with the exam. Each short essay should be no longer than two paragraphs/blue book pages.

  1. Discuss the article from the perspective of ideological or British Cultural Theory. How does power structure culture? Who naturalizes meaning and how?
  2. Discuss the Goldman case in terms of cultural dialectics like cultural/individual and personal characteristics/behavioral choices.
  3. Discuss the Shahar case as attributions. What attributions are made about Robin? How and why do they shift from protection to blame?
  4. Discuss covering in relation to the idea of deep cultural and surface culture using the concepts of values and behavior. How do values contribute to the need to cover?
  5. What method is used in this article? How might an ethnography help us to better understand "covering"? How might a measurement approach help?
  6. Discuss "covering" as a form of ethical negotiation of the boundaries between cultures. Is covering a harm? Why or why not?

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