GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chinese New Year, J. D. Salinger, Orkney
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Inspired writers, song-writers, poets: bob dylan, michael jackson , jd salinger, john steinbeck, movies: when harry met sally, it"s a wonderful life, etc. Poet of the world more statues than any other poet: 20 in scotland, 8 in australia, 9 in canada, 16 in us only one is. England (quelle surprise: montreal, winnipeg, and halifax. Celebrated by millions of people around the world with a dinner! A savory pudding containing sheep"s pluck (heart, liver and lungs); minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock and traditionally encased in the animal"s stomach and simmered for hours. Helped organize a robbie burns supper and also chinese new year: Todd combined the two with merged foods. What are the marks of cultural identity: humour, icons, events, food, costume, religion. Laurier has religion and culture department: wars won or lost, distinctive differentiation from others. Hybridization of cultures: mixture of cultures. Cultural differentiation from neighbors work both ways.
