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Cross Cultural Paper | American Culture and Greeks

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Added on  2019-10-12

Cross Cultural Paper | American Culture and Greeks

   Added on 2019-10-12

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IntroductionIn this present paper, we will discuss the comparison of American culture in the twenty-first century with another culture, namely, Greeks in terms of responding to the elderly and aging process. The American culture in mainly western but it is influenced by the Native American, Latin American, Polynesian, and African. The country has its own culture and social characteristics, for example, arts, music, cuisine, habits, and others (Landy et al., 2016). Comparison of American and Japanese culture in 21st century The culture of America in independent due to which the individuals separated from their old ones in order to achieve personal goals and objectives of their lives whereas the culture of Japan is independent due to which they are socially connected with each other. Response of aging process The cultures play an important role in the aging process and the cultural beliefs towards the aging process impacts on the lives of an individual. There is a different perception of aging across the cultures. The proactive measures are taken by the Americans in order to reverse the aging process whereas the reactive approach is used in the Japanese culture. The aging has more benign meaning in the Japanese culture than the American Culture (Barney et al., 2013). According to the field of social gerontology, the Americans are more discomfort with the aging process whereas the Japanese considered the aging as the relax time of time and they enjoy after retirement benefits.
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