Essays on Asian American Culture

The idea of the term “Culture” was first conceived in 106 BC, by Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman Lawyer, Philosopher, and Orator. In his work Tusculanes, he describes culture as the creation and maturity of the soul and mind, through the phrase “Cultura Animi” (273)….

Dragon Lady or Lotus Blossom Some Characteristics in images of Asian and Asian American women are they are portrayed as sex objects, lotus blossom, and dragon lady. Asian women seemed naïve, exotic, and dangerous. Asian women are often stereotyped as either the dangerously “Dragon Lady”…

America is a one-of-a-kind country because it was founded and developed by merging of cultures from all over the world into one, creating a society which has surpassed, in most aspects of life, the countries of origin of these very cultures. Such synthesis of cultures…

Imagine one day you are forced to pack your bags, leave everything you know behind, and travel to a country across the world where everything seems unfamiliar. It sounds like no fun, right? For Asians living in diaspora communities in America, this is how their…