East meets west - on (in)compatibility of cultures

Ivana Styková

Pondelíková Ivana 1981- (100%) UMBFF03 - Katedra európskych kultúrnych štúdií

Radomskie studia filologiczne. Vol. 4, no. 1 (2016), pp. 79-85. - Radom : Uniwersytet Technologiczno-Humanistyczny im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego w Radomiu, 2016

kultúrne aktivity - cultural activities

 

amerikanizácia - americanization

 

globalizácia - globalization

 

životný štýl - life style - lifestyle - style of life

 

angličtina

Poľsko

304

The article focuses on most up-to-date topic – cultural differences between “western“, Anglo-Saxon and European cultures and immigrants coming from Islamic Eastern countries. The author examines crucial historical, political, religious and cultural differences. Attention is paid to “visible differences“, concerning visual symbols of religion and lifestyle represented in English-written literature (novels by Betty Mahmoody and Khaled Hosseini) and media. The article also explores various social metaphors and answers a question whether these cultures are compatible and whether acculturation or cultural pluralism can be reached.

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