UnderstandingGlobal Cultures

Malaysia

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1095/Malaysia.html

Petronas Towers, Malaysia

Cesar Pellihttp://www.klcc.com.my/Showcase/PTT/ps_ptt_cesar.htm

Weber Music Hall, University of Minnesota Duluth

file:///C:/www/anth1604/Malaysia_Killing.html

http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthtribune/9420925.htm

Cultural Metaphors

“Cleft National Cultures”

Ch. 15 The Malaysian Balik KampungCh. 16 The Nigerian MarketplaceCh. 17 The Israeli Kibbutzim and MoshavimCh. 18 The Italian OperaCh. 19 Belgian Lace

Cultural Metaphors

four generic types of cultures, plus

“Cleft National Cultures”

•one in which the subcultures of the diverse ethnic groups are difficult to integrate

Cultural Metaphors

Unit of analysis in the book = the nation or national culture

Other “units of analysis” may include:

one person (e.g., Paul Buffalo)the family (e.g., Strodtbeck)the communitya regiona culture

Culture Counts

and it counts quit a bit

Geert Hofstede (1991)

IBM study demonstrated that national culture explained 50% of the differences in attitudes in IBM’s 53 countries (p. 5)