Sentences with phrase «other cultural influences»

Sociocultural factors, such as family and peer relationships, self - esteem and coping style, and the impact of media and other cultural influences, are potentially modifiable and more likely to account for secular trends in incidence.

Since the early 1980s, his oeuvre has built new bridges across the rift between American and European modernist and postmodernist painting, and his art has been wide open to other cultural influences.

I'd also point out how the Jews were influenced by Greek / Roman culture in that time period so even if they were heavily honor driven they had other cultural influences.

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Just knowing the size, the cultural prominence, and the public influence of the evangelical community, I was particularly interested in what the emergence of the ECI and other creation...

Teachers, preachers, and others who devote themselves to the work of instruction can be saved needless frustration and disappointment if they bear in mind the weight of educational influences exerted by the culture as a whole, and if they take account of the prevailing cultural patterns as they plan their teaching.

Modern Indian translators in the North Eastern and other parts of India are influenced by the tribal culture to bring different cultural languages in translations than the original.11 As Nida says, «there is every reason to believe that the revision (of the translated Bible) will be greatly welcomed by non-Christians with a Hindu cultural background.

Cahill begins this book by treating the three concentric circles that made up the world of Jesus and those who were influenced by him and wrote about him» namely, the Roman social and political environment, the Greek cultural and philosophical world, and the Jewish spirit that was both indebted to and suspicious of the other two.

Of course through such coexistence for long periods, there developed symbiotic interpretations of religions and cultural and social values, creating not one but several composite cultures and syncretic religious trends in different regions of the country in different periods of its history, with one or other religious value or cultural system having dominant influence.

The mass media both nationally and internationally are rapidly becoming not just an aspect of social cultures, but through their increasing ubiquity across cultures, their functional interrelationship, and their place within the international market and economic system, are becoming the vanguard of a new international culture whose web is touching and influencing almost every other cultural system.

One study, drawing on national survey data, indicated that evangelicals tend to be relatively isolated from the main sources of secular influence (e.g., higher education, professional careers, urban or suburban residence), thus permitting them to retain their plausibility structures more or less intact — although other modes of cultural accommodation were also evident.15

Other civilizations of the Old World were all derived from this cultural center or were strongly influenced by it; only the New World was entirely independent.»

This media force, along with other cultural and social influences, shapes the disposition as well as the substance of theology associated with our view of the world.

We may have underestimated the continuing influence of those traditional institutions which have managed to survive without the benefit of the mass media for many years and which continue to transfer cultural values — the family, home, community, school, church, fraternal organizations, and others.

Just for that reason it represents clearly the tension between general cultural influence and a tightly organized in - group that is to be found in many other movements.

There is also hope, and considerable evidence, that we may have underestimated the continuing influence of those traditional institutions which have managed to survive without the benefit of the mass media for many years and which continue to transfer cultural values — the family, home, community, school, church, fraternal organizations, and others.

It should also be pointed Out that the memory - lane of dalits in re» member» ing their cultural values is blurred by the influences of world - view of other religions to which they converted later.

But there are two other influences that can't be ignored: socio - cultural pressures and socioeconomics.

The culinary scene is unlike any other, drawing influence from the 90 nationalities that make up the cultural melting pot that is Aruba.

«Interestingly, [our] study did not find significant clustering of muscle - enhancing behaviors within schools,» said Eisenberg, which suggests that, «rather than being driven by a particular sports team coach or other features of a school social landscape, muscle - enhancing behaviors are widespread and influenced by factors beyond school, likely encompassing social and cultural variables such as media messages and social norms of behavior more broadly.»

And she is much more likely to either have knowledgeable breastfeeding support in her social circles or, if the breastfeeding specialist - to - mother ratio is similar to that of a wealthy nation, those breastfeeding supports are not having to compete with rampant cultural influence from formula companies and other cultural breastfeeding hurdles, such as unpaid maternity leave.

In other words, there is one collective human civilisation which is an accumulation of contributions from a series of distinct but intertwined geo - cultural domains, themselves influenced by different sub-cultures.

Today the study of social psychology explores in much greater depth how cultural influences, social status and other factors contribute to a person's mind - set and behaviors.

With its global connection, European culture grew with an all - inclusive urge to adopt, adapt, and ultimately influence other cultural trends around the world.

On the surface it might look like any other modern company, but you can't take away the cultural differences that influence both the whole company structure and how you interact with your colleagues.

Some other researchers object to this framework because, they say, it doesn't reflect the cultural pressures that influence such choices.

On the other hand, «gender» is a cultural concept referring to behaviors which might be directed by specific stimuli (visual, olfactory) or by psychosocial expectations that result from assigned or perceived sex and therefore can influence biological outcomes.

As True pointed out at the FDA committee meeting, it is very difficult to separate out the effects of menthol from other cultural and racial factors that may influence smoking habits and dependence.

Blood Feast is venerated by gorehounds and has a «so bad it's good» reputation among horror buffs, but what's really breathtaking about it is its shameless demonstration that, in the grand cinematic scheme, artistic merit, cultural influence, and commercial success have precious little to do with each other.

At the film's recent press day, Costner talked about the appeal of playing Coach White, Niki Caro's directing style, the bond that developed between all the actors during filming, the pivotal role a coach can play in a young person's life, the Jim White - type coaches who influenced Costner's life in a positive way, what he learned about Latino culture growing up in Visalia, why he waits for projects to come along that he can really respond to irrespective of genre, the biggest cultural gap he experienced on this film, and how sports movies allow us to address other issues within the wider society.

Crosby argues that «scholars of Japanese cinema tend to ignore various aesthetic and cultural influences from other national contexts and instead settle for a potentially misleading form of cultural exceptionalism» (p. 176).

REVIEW: â $ The Silk Road is the ancient trade route passing from the shores of the Mediterranean through Bukhara and Samarkand to Dunhuang and on to Xian in central China.â $ Visitors can view a map of the complex network of pathways that transported silk, spices and other commodities as well as cultural influences.

The opportunity to (re) consider and (re) compare their own and other cultures can help students to situate their own lives, identities, and values relative to other students and to reflect on the ways in which they themselves are shaped, at least in part, by particular cultural influences or expectations.

Understanding and appreciating students from socio - economic and cultural backgrounds other than his own had a huge influence on Abrahams as a student.

The Albuquerque area's agreeable climate, charming Spanish influence, strong economy and cultural attractions make it a haven for students, young professionals and other transplanted Americans from the East Coast.

Other classic dishes which reflect the wide - ranging, cultural influences on Aruban cuisine include nasi goreng, an Indonesian - style fried rice dish, and satay, skewers of chicken or beef served with a tasty peanut sauce.

You figure these things out as you go, and as you encounter new situations and cultural facets you're able to engage, process and react to them without influence from others.

Perhaps because horror game designers show a greater cultural awareness and are more willing to incorporate influences from other media into their work.

As the title suggests, the exhibition casts a wide net, capturing everything from cultural artifacts (feminist literature, earthenware) to graphic design (exhibition posters, bakery business cards), to unique artists» works influenced by graphic novels, Girl Scout badges, stock photography, and other bric - a-brac.

The show looks at cross - cultural influence and divergence — both historical and recent — between countries such as Cuba, Brazil, South Africa and Angola, as well as other regions such as Mozambique, and Namibia; featured artists born in or living between these countries or in the diaspora.

He has organized many exhibitions and published several books that explore cross - cultural influences and politics in art, which include «Desmothernismo: Ruben Ortiz Torres,» «Kara Walker: African't,» and «Whiteness, a Wayward Construction,» among others.

The title derives from Oswald de Andrade's important 1928 Manifesto Antropófago (Cannibal Manifesto), which grounds Brazilian modernism in the cannibalization and inventive reprocessing of other cultural and linguistic influences.

In a setting where all strategic plans and arguments reside in conjecture, this publication not only aims to introduce a set of critical responses to the most recent support structures in the arts, but also imagines alternative possibilities for how these structures might be built and influence the practice of artists, curators, and other cultural producers.

-- One of the recommendations made to French president François Hollande in response to his questions about funding the country's cultural activities involved taxing smart phones, tablets, and other internet accessible devices, newer distributors of cultural content that have skirted France's «cultural exception» policy, which taxes cinemas, radio, and TV stations in order to prevent a «globalizing influence of [the] entertainment industry.»

Organized chronologically, this rich exhibition presents Lu's influence upon the work of many other artists part of the New Cultural Movement in the early 1920s.

Amended and rearranged after its first installment, the show will explore the impact that Mexico had on Artaud's work, as well as the influences that his creative practice has had on different generations of artists, filmmakers and other cultural practitioners.

His style combines his honed technical skills with inventive visual storytelling and a wide array of cultural and media influences, including those he found in comic books, film, and in the work of other artists.

His work mixes media and crosses continents, combining video, photography, and sculpture with text, live music, and even plants to trace the ways that people understand and influence cultural production in other parts of the world.

The Other North provides an opportunity to consider the effects of cultural, political, and national divisions, and their influence on individuals beyond geographical and political borders, through different historical and cultural perspectives.

Light was also shed on sociohistorical and historico - cultural subjects such as «Shopping — A Century of Art and Consumer Culture,» «Privacy,» the visual art of the Stalin period, or New Romanticism in contemporary art; other presentations revealed the influence of Charles Darwin's theories on art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, or the intriguing causalities between artists of the modern era and self - proclaimed «prophets» of this period.

In the Making pairs an example from Warhol's Myths series, a suite of ten portraits of cartoon figures and other cultural emblems, with a silkscreen by Condo that conveys his own hybrid style of the grotesque while reflecting the influence of his past mentor in surprising ways.