--GC Wk14 Read Textbook: "Cultural Metaphors for the Caribbean"
- Due Apr 26 by 11:59pm
- Points None
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PART XIV. OVERLAPPING CULTURAL METAPHORS FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY RELATED NATIONS Ch. 38. Cultural Metaphors for the Caribbean |
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- Textbook Guiding Prompt
- As mentioned in this week's "Overview," both the text readings and the video feature this week present cultures from a varied and complex region of the world, the Caribbean. Gannon and Pillai feature it as PART XIV. OVERLAPPING CULTURAL METAPHORS FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY RELATED NATIONS. When you are finished with the materials of this week you should have an excellent understanding of "The Region" as a "Unit of Analysis".
- After doing the readings from the textbook, and watching one or more of the videos from the Caribbean, you should understand regional features, and that regional features can be different from the countries/cultures that make up a region.
- As with the "Overview", pay attention that even on a single island there can be tremendous differences between countries on that island (for example Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola), even though those countries share characteristics of a single region.
- Also pay attention that in a given region there can be significant outliers. In the case of the Caribbean, for example, Cuba is an outlier in many ways. You should understand why.
- As with the "Overview", pay attention that even on a single island there can be tremendous differences between countries on that island (for example Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola), even though those countries share characteristics of a single region.
- After doing the readings from the textbook, and watching one or more of the videos from the Caribbean, you should understand regional features, and that regional features can be different from the countries/cultures that make up a region.
- When you are finished reading this chapter, and watching one or more of the video episodes on the Caribbean, you should understand the metaphors for regional countries/cultures, and you should be able to enlighten your neighbor who is going to a destination wedding in the Dominican Republic in two weeks. You should be able to explain the cultural and social aspects of the Dominican Republic, Hispanola, and the Caribbean as a Region to your neighbors, so they can take full advantage of their upcoming trip.
- As mentioned in this week's "Overview," both the text readings and the video feature this week present cultures from a varied and complex region of the world, the Caribbean. Gannon and Pillai feature it as PART XIV. OVERLAPPING CULTURAL METAPHORS FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY RELATED NATIONS. When you are finished with the materials of this week you should have an excellent understanding of "The Region" as a "Unit of Analysis".
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