Cultureshock Brazil

Author : Volker Poelzl
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9789814435772

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CultureShock! Brazil by Volker Poelzl Pdf

CultureShock! Brazil dispels the preconceptions about this diverse dynamic country and reveals the beauty and character that is Brazil. Written in a personable style, the book touches on all aspects of Brazilian life presenting the reader with a balanced, realistic and useful guide. Be introduced to the friendly and outgoing Brazilian character and understand how to speak Brazilian. Socialising is key to life in Brazil, which is why CultureShock! Brazil is packed with information and advice on dealing with crowds, noise and learning to not only survive but enjoy the experience that is Brazil.

Author : Volker Poelzl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Brazil
ISBN : 9812322515

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Culture Shock! by Volker Poelzl Pdf

Author : Volker Poelzl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Brazil
ISBN : 981261253X

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CultureShock! by Volker Poelzl Pdf

Author : Volker Poelzl
Publisher : Graphic Arts Center Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1558686371

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Brazil by Volker Poelzl Pdf

Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. "Culture Shock!" practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler. "Culture Shock!" at your Door guides equip you for daily life in some of the world's most cosmopolitan cities. And "Culture Shock!" Success Secrets guides offer relevant, practical information with the real-life insights and cultural know-how that can make the difference between business success and failure. Each "Culture Shock!" title is written by someone who's lived and worked in the country, and each book is packed with practical, accurate, and enjoyable information to help you find your way and feel at home.

Author : Javier A. Galván
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216118411

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Modern Brazil by Javier A. Galván Pdf

This book is a crucial reference source for high school and undergraduate college students interested in contemporary Brazil. While it provides a general historical and cultural background, it also focuses on issues affecting modern Brazil. In recent years, Brazil has come onto the world stage as an economic powerhouse, a leader in Latin America. This latest addition to the Understanding Modern Nations series focuses on Brazil's culture, history, and society. This volume provides readers with a wide understanding of Brazil's historical past, the foundation for its cultural traditions, and an understanding of its social structure. In addition, it provides a look into contemporary society by highlighting both national accomplishments and challenges Brazilians face in the twenty-first century. Specific chapters cover geography; history; government and politics; economy; religion; social classes and ethnicity; gender, marriage and sexuality; education; language; etiquette; literature and drama; arts and architecture; music and dance; food; leisure and sports; and media, cinema, and popular culture. Entries within each chapter look at topics such as cultural icons, economic inequalities, race and ethnicity, soccer, politics, environmental conservation, and women's rights. Ideal for high school and undergraduate students, this volume paints a panoramic overview of one of the most powerful countries in the Americas.

Author : Caroline Buntz
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781387150045

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Culture Shock: Life under a Dictator by Caroline Buntz Pdf

Culture Shock is about a Southern girl, who goes really deep south to Argentina and experiences Peron, the death of Evita, the Peronistas, and living next to the notorious Adolph Eichmann. In 1951, Peron (the dictator of Argentina) allowed Nazis to escape from Europe to Argentina with perfect sanctuary. America wasn't sure if Hitler really died in the bunker or not (forensics weren't that good back then), so they watched to see what Nazis came through Argentina. It wasn't until YEARS later when Caroline's daughter was working on a project for the Naval Oceanographic and Meteorological Command at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi that she learned that her husband's position at the embassy in 1951 in Buenos Aires was pre-CIA. This gave her an explanation as to why she and her husband were sent to live in a German boarding house that was full of Nazi/Gestapo officers and run by a German Contessa. The icing on the cake was that Adolph Eichmann lived in the room next to them.

Author : John Hooker
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0804748071

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Working Across Cultures by John Hooker Pdf

A guide to adapting and thriving within unfamiliar cultural settings challenges the notion that professional life interacts with culture only at the etiquette level, distinguishing between rule-based and relationship-based cultures while considering the roles of such factors as competition, security, and lifestyle. (Social Science)

Author : Paul Pedersen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994-12-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780313030734

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The Five Stages of Culture Shock by Paul Pedersen Pdf

The educational literature suggests that international contact contributes to a comprehensive educational experience. The Five Stages of Culture Shock examines an international shipboard educational program and seeks to identify specific insights resulting from informal extracurricular contact between students and host nationals in the context of culture shock experiences. Using the critical incident methodology, Pedersen analyzes students' responses to nearly 300 specific incidents which resulted in insights that apply to the students' own development, as well as the sociocultural context of the host countries. This use of critical incidents shows one way to evaluate and assess the subjective experiences of the informal curriculum. More broadly, the analysis sheds light on the concept of culture shock as a psychological construct.

Author : Edward Dutton
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781443835572

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Culture Shock and Multiculturalism by Edward Dutton Pdf

It used to be widely accepted amongst anthropologists that when they conducted fieldwork with foreign cultures they experienced something called ‘culture shock.’ This book will argue that ‘culture shock’ is a useful model for understanding an important part of human experience. However, in its most widely-known form, the stage model, ‘culture shock’ has been heavily influenced by the same anti-science, latter-day religiosity that has become so influential more broadly: Multiculturalism. This book will examine culture shock through the model of ‘religion.’ It will show how the most well-known model of culture shock – so popular amongst business consultants, expatriates, international students and travelers – has become a means of promoting and sustaining this replacement religion which includes everything from dogmatism and fervour to conversion experience. By so doing, it will aim both to better understand culture shock and to show how it can still be useful, if divorced from its implicitly religious dimensions, to broadly scientific scholars. It will also suggest how anthropology itself might be stripped of its ideological infiltration and returned to the realm of science.

Author : Colleen Ward,Stephen Bochner,Adrian Furnham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000158892

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Psychology Culture Shock by Colleen Ward,Stephen Bochner,Adrian Furnham Pdf

Crossing cultures can be a stimulating and rewarding adventure. It can also be a stressful and bewildering experience. This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Furnham and Bochner's classic Culture Shock (1986) examines the psychological and social processes involved in intercultural contact, including learning new culture-specific skills, managing stress and coping with an unfamiliar environment, changing cultural identities and enhancing intergroup relations. The book describes the ABCs of intercultural encounters, highlighting Affective, Behavioural and Cognitive components of cross-cultural experience. It incorporates both theoretical and applied perspectives on culture shock and a comprehensive review of empirical research on a variety of cross-cultural travellers, such as tourists, students, business travellers, immigrants and refugees. Minimising the adverse effects of culture shock, facilitating positive psychological outcomes and discussion of selection and training techniques for living and working abroad represent some of the practical issues covered. The Psychology of Culture Shock will prove an essential reference and textbook for courses within psychology, sociology and business training. It will also be a valuable resource for professionals working with culturally diverse populations and acculturating groups such as international students, immigrants or refugees.

Author : Lauren E Shaw
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780739179499

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Song and Social Change in Latin America by Lauren E Shaw Pdf

Song & Social Change in Latin America offers seven essays from a diverse group of scholars on the topic of music as a reflection of the many social-political upheavals throughout Latin America from the 20th century to the present. Topics covered include: the Tropicália movement in Brazil, the Nueva Canción in Central America, Rock in Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Peru, the Vallenato in Colombia, Trova in Cuba, and urban music of Puerto Rico in the mid-20th century. The collection also includes five interviews from prominent and up-and-coming musicians —Ruben Blades, Roy Brown, Habana Abierta, Ana Tijoux, and Mare— representing a variety of musical genres and political issues in Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and Mexico.

Author : Elisabeth Marx
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781473644526

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Breaking Through Culture Shock by Elisabeth Marx Pdf

This work looks at the international manager on a professional and personal level, however long- or short-term the assignment may be. It is a practical guide with checklists and exercises, offering step-by-step guidance for those embarking on an international career, and with essential advice for organizations on how to develop and manage their international staff. There is also expert advice on career management and on the effects that international work can have on families, and guidance on returning - reverse culture shock often being the greatest culture shock of all.

Author : Colleen A. Ward,Stephen Bochner,Adrian Furnham
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Culture conflict
ISBN : 9780415162357

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The Psychology of Culture Shock by Colleen A. Ward,Stephen Bochner,Adrian Furnham Pdf

Incorporates over a decade of new research and material on coping with the causes and consequencs that instigate culture shock, this can occur when a person is transported from a familiar to an alien culture.

Author : Orin Hargraves
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-21
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9789814484794

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Culture Shock! Chicago by Orin Hargraves Pdf

CultureShock! Chicago is an insightful and thorough guide that will help you make Chicago your home. Discover the real Chicago beyond the usual tourist attractions and the gloss of promotional brochures and be acquainted with the reality of living and working in this exciting city. Find out what lies behind the Chicagoan façade and how to make friends in your new community. Chock-full of useful information to help you settle in, CultureShock! Chicago covers a wide range of practical issues such as how to negotiate the grid and get around the city, what to expect from Chicago’s extreme weather, how to find suitable accommodation and how to conduct business and manage your finances, among others. It also explores the many excellent recreational facilities in this vibrant and cosmopolitan city. CultureShock! Chicago is the one book you will need to make a success of living, working or studying in Chicago.

Author : Elizabeth Smith
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9789814484787

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Culture Shock! Munich by Elizabeth Smith Pdf

CultureShock! Munich is the must-have guide for anyone who is interested in the real Munich. Packed full of practical information as well as interesting trivia on the colourful customs and workings of this historic city, this book will help make your stay in Munich as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. Learn how to choose suitable accommodation, how to get around efficiently and how to assimilate into the local society. Get acquainted with the various festivals and events that are hosted in this city of castles and museums. Discover the beautiful parks and popular local haunts. Find out what makes the people of Munich tick and how to make new friends in a foreign country and discover the best places to eat and drink. Whatever your wants, needs or interests, CultureShock! Munich has the answer, equipping you with the tools and confidence for a pleasant time in this culturally and historically rich city