In order to understand another culture, we must first understand our own.
Learn more about American culture at this site.
What happened today in history?
Click on this link to find out how the Peace Corps defines culture.
Want to know more about the cultures and civilizations that we have studied?
This is a great website that has information to complement topics from our class readings and discussions. This would be a great source to use for any research you are doing for papers in this course.
Looking for books or movies to supplement what we are learning about in class? Check out the following titles
MIDDLE-EAST SOURCES
Arab Women in Literature
Seen and Heard: A Century of Arab Women in Literature and Culture by Mona N. Mikhail
Women Claim Islam by Miriam Cooke
Food for our Grandmothers edited by Joanna Kadi
Women in Islam by Fatima Umar Naseef
ASIA SOURCES
China
To Live by Yu Hua
Family by Pa Chin
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
The True Story of Ah Q by Lu Xun
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
The Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff
The Road Home Sony Pictures G 2001
Yellow Earth NR 1988
Three Gorges Dam
Propaganda Posters
South Korea:
Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee
Comfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller
Our Twisted Hero by Yi Munyol
Still Life With Rice by Helie Lee
The Way Home PG 2002
Japan:
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
The River Ki by Sawako Ariyoshi
Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon History of Hiroshima by Keiji Nakazawa
Dreams PG 1990
Holocaust Sources
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