multicultural societies

Cultural Evolution of Spanish Beauty

Victor Karandashev
 

Many people, especially anthropologists, want to know if the characteristics of beauty are cross-culturally universal or they are culturally specific to certain nations.  The attributes of special scholarly interest are people’s physicality, including various features of their faces and bodies. Anthropologists examine […]

Societies Favorable to Intercultural Marriages

Victor Karandashev
 

In the modern world of increased social mobility and mass migration, many countries have become very multicultural. Subsequently, new mixed cultures with blended communities have been developed in many regions. Some workplaces, public spaces, and residential areas have become spots where regular […]

Intercultural Relationships for Status Exchange

Victor Karandashev
 

Intercultural relationships are becoming more widespread in modern multicultural societies. Several theories of interracial romantic and marital relationships have been developed in sociology and social psychology. Among those are the theories of status-caste exchange, opportunity theory, ethnic identity, and interpersonal development. In-group […]

What Are Cultural Stereotypes?

Victor Karandashev
 

The article explains how social categorization, intergroup comparison, group identification, and outgroup bias shape cultural stereotypes. Social Identity Theory Social identity theory is a good explanatory framework for many things in our social cognitions, relationships, and behaviors. The concepts of social categorization, […]

Who Is a Multicultural Person?

Victor Karandashev
 

The article describes studies showing how multicultural communities and cultural mixing foster the formation of a multicultural mind and a multicultural person. Intercultural Encounters and Cultural Mixing Inter-cultural connections and cultural mixing in multicultural countries, states, and residential areas are conducive to […]

What is multicultural in culturally diverse societies?

Victor Karandashev
 

In multicultural societies, people can be in various connections, interactions, and relationships with each other and with other cultural groups. They can coexist in peace or in tension, subordinate cultural groups or respect cultural equality. Cultures and people in multicultural communities can […]

What Is the Multicultural Diversity of Countries?

Victor Karandashev
 

Cultures are commonly associated with certain territories and countries. These are national cultures. And cultural borders are viewed as clearly recognizable national, state, or tribal boundaries. These are not quite correct representations of what cultures are. Multicultural diversity exists in many countries […]