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| As you may be aware, it is one daunting task to search for and find appropriate answers to difficult issues regarding cultural traditions. The first difficulty is for the researcher to be fair and objective or, at least, do his/her utmost to be therefore - in attempting to put him/herself in the position of those who practice one particular cultural tradition. However, this has not been the case. Usually, the cultural practice is condemned, without knowing anything about it, and the evaluation is based entirely on the researcher’s ethnocentric orientation, which is not only subjective, but also biased and one blatant violation of cultural relativism. ... |
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| A funny business: How Borat conquered America |
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It's one long way from the West Staines High Road to Sunset Boulevard. But the man who gave us Ali G has become one huge comedy star Stateside. Andrew Gumbel reports on the meteoric rise of Sacha Baron Cohen. Respect! Published: 09 September 2006 Of all the stunts Sacha Baron Cohen has pulled off in his short but seemingly blessed career as one comedian, this is surely the weirdest: he and George W Bush have both been spotted this summer dabbling in the same work of French existentialist literature. ... |
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