THE MOST RELEVANT POINTS FOR ME
1. What is a cultural metaphor?
"Any activity, phenomenon, or institution that members of a given culture consider important and with which they identify emotionally and or cognitively", Definition by Martin J. Gannon
2. Spanish Bullfighting
Introduced by the Moors (from the muslim faith) from West Africa in the 13th century when they ruled the southern part of Spain. Killing the bull was seen as a quasi-religious ritual and it was the highlight of the festival.
It is the national festival in Spain for hundreds of years; bullfighting employs around 200.000 people in Spain and it is categorized as an elaborated ritual. Although is the national festival in Spain, there are many people and regions that do not like it and in fact, prohibited from practiced it such as the region of Catalonia. Nowadays bullfighting have been loosing its appeal and it barely exists in the country.
HOW/ IN WHICH CIRCUMSTANCES COULD THIS BECOME RELEVANT
1. Metaphors are good when it comes to describe one culture. It is easier to understand a culture if you give it a description by a metaphor. Metaphors include different factors such as religion, family structure, behavior, total lifestyle, roles and status of different members, language, ceremonies, class structure, eating behaviors.. etc. An example of a metaphor is the gardens to describe the Japanese society, which means Japanese like to live in harmony, they are really methodical, they are really organized and always try to developed themselves in a well harmonious society.
2. Taking into account the metaphors we could say that bullfighting expresses Spanish values more clearly than any other potential cultural metaphor for Spain. It expresses contagious vitality, a love of life (paradoxical with the death of the bull), underlies their outer joy, deeply ingrained sensitivity to the tragic and equally strong emotional pull toward the heroic and it shows the Spanish pride, individualism and emotionalist.
RESEARCH QUESTION
What is Cultural Imperialism?
Cultural Imperialism is when a more powerful culture imposes itself over a less known powerful culture. Generally, the powerful culture is a country with a large economy such as the USA. The term Cultural Imperialism is also about the creation and maintenance of unequeal relationship between cultures.
Introduced by the Moors (from the muslim faith) from West Africa in the 13th century when they ruled the southern part of Spain. Killing the bull was seen as a quasi-religious ritual and it was the highlight of the festival.
It is the national festival in Spain for hundreds of years; bullfighting employs around 200.000 people in Spain and it is categorized as an elaborated ritual. Although is the national festival in Spain, there are many people and regions that do not like it and in fact, prohibited from practiced it such as the region of Catalonia. Nowadays bullfighting have been loosing its appeal and it barely exists in the country.
HOW/ IN WHICH CIRCUMSTANCES COULD THIS BECOME RELEVANT
1. Metaphors are good when it comes to describe one culture. It is easier to understand a culture if you give it a description by a metaphor. Metaphors include different factors such as religion, family structure, behavior, total lifestyle, roles and status of different members, language, ceremonies, class structure, eating behaviors.. etc. An example of a metaphor is the gardens to describe the Japanese society, which means Japanese like to live in harmony, they are really methodical, they are really organized and always try to developed themselves in a well harmonious society.
2. Taking into account the metaphors we could say that bullfighting expresses Spanish values more clearly than any other potential cultural metaphor for Spain. It expresses contagious vitality, a love of life (paradoxical with the death of the bull), underlies their outer joy, deeply ingrained sensitivity to the tragic and equally strong emotional pull toward the heroic and it shows the Spanish pride, individualism and emotionalist.
RESEARCH QUESTION
What is Cultural Imperialism?
Cultural Imperialism is when a more powerful culture imposes itself over a less known powerful culture. Generally, the powerful culture is a country with a large economy such as the USA. The term Cultural Imperialism is also about the creation and maintenance of unequeal relationship between cultures.
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