Crossing Borders
Second Edition
Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
- Define the concept of culture
- Explain how Enlightenment views shaped the concepts of culture and identity
- Explain how social forces divide people into various groupings and shape views of identity
- Identify and compare the different academic fields that study culture and identity
- Explain how globalization can be viewed as a driver for cultural integration and polarization, and homogenization and hybridization.