Culture – the way of life of a group of people passed down from one generation to the next through learning
Enculturation – learning our native culture(s) in childhood
Acculturation – adapting to another culture
Culture shock – the stress associated with acculturation

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

"Anthropologists" examine artefacts and mores of White American Culture

A couple days ago someone sent me the link to this blog. Being on a conference call at the time (sic) I decided to check it out. To my intercultural delight, it turned out to be a hilarious yet very on-point discussion of the many peculiar attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that middler-to-upper-middle-class white Americans have in common. A Must-read for anyone who's ever been told that there's no such thing as American culture!