Acculturation/Cultural Assimilation - Lecture note

Cultural assimilation is :

• Dominant culture → minority
• Dominant culture ←minority
• Culture A ⇔ Culture B

• Forced or volunteered?
e.g.
辮髪 in China
Muumuu in Hawaii
Native American


Dominant culture → minority
Case 1: Queue in China

Case 2: Muumuu in Hawaii

Case 3: Native American
Areas where thy live was restricted
Baptize
  Force enrolling the mission school
Prohibit using of their language
Banned practicing ritual, festival, dance, and making handicraft

Dominant culture ←minority
Case of Japanese-American

Group work
1) Provide examples of assimilation
2) How do you evaluate the acculturation and its consequence?