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As the twentieth century draws to a close, we are learning to see the extent to which accounts and definitions of cultures are influenced by human biases and purposes, benevolent in what they include, incorporate, and validate, less so in what they exclude and demote. █ ██████ ██ ██████ ███████ ████ ██████ ████ ███ █████████ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ █████ ██ █████████████ █████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████████ ██ █████████ ████ ███ ████████ █████ ███

Author's perspective · What we view as "cultures" are influenced by human biases and purposes

Present purposes affect the national identities we make from the past.

Example 1 · European accounts of Greek civilization ignored African and Eastern roots

This was done to support image of European cultural dominance.

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Example 2 · Manufacturing and reinterpreting rituals and traditions

Europeans co-opted traditions of colonized people to portray legitimacy of European power. (Example: Queen Victoria and jamborees of India. The jamborees celebrated her rule, as if her rule was based on traditional custom.)

Example 3 · Colonized cultures also manufacture images about pre-colonial past

During wars of independence from their colonial occupiers, native cultures often create idealized images of what culture was like before colonization. (Example: Algeria.)

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Author's takeaway · "Culture" is influenced by many things, including foreign elements

Passage Style

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17.

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Meaning in context (of word, phrase, or idea)

Structure

The author uses “traditional” ironically. In other words, the jamborees celebrating Victoria of England were not actually traditional, but were portrayed as traditional in an attempt to give legitimacy to the queen’s rule.

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This doesn’t capture the ironic way in which “traditional” is used.

were legitimized by █████ ████████ ███ ██ ███ ██████ ███████

This doesn’t capture the ironic way in which “traditional” is used.

12%

exemplified the dominance ██ ███ ████████ ███████

This doesn’t capture the ironic way in which “traditional” is used.

10%

conferred spurious historical ██████████ ████ ████████ █████████

This best captures the meaning of “traditional.” The author indicates that the jamborees were not actually traditional. Even though they were supposed to confer legitimatcy upon the queen’s rule, this legitimacy was “spurious” (false).

67%

combined historic elements ██ ████████ ███ ██████ ████████

This doesn’t capture the ironic way in which “traditional” is used.

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