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Direct linkByrnes, Ronald S. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2005
This essay focuses on how people respond to cultural difference, and, specifically, two tendencies. One tendency is to romanticize the cultural differences encountered. Another tendency is to rush to a negative judgment about the specific people involved, and about their culture more generally. In this essay, the author illustrates these…
Descriptors: Travel, Asian Culture, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
