Western culture, also known as Western civilization, European civilization, Occidental culture, or Western society, includes the diverse heritages of social...

Western physical culture is the form of physical culture that originated mainly in the West. The practice of calisthenics by the ancient Greeks, as well...

foreigners. 4. An uncultured person, or one who has no sympathy with literary culture. †5. A native of Barbary. [See Barbary Coast.] Obs. †b. Barbary pirates...

The primary driving forces behind popular culture, especially when speaking of Western popular cultures, are the media, mass appeal, marketing and capitalism;...

Western culture is the heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, artifacts and technologies that...

Western law comprises the legal traditions of Western culture, with roots in Roman law and canon law. As Western culture shares a Graeco-Roman Classical...

essentially encompasses the nations and states where civilization or culture is considered Western—the roots of which some historians have traced to the Greco-Roman...

Culture (/ˈkʌltʃər/ KUL-chər) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge...

Middle Eastern, Zoroastrianism, Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Western culture, Slavic and Caucasian culture. During the early Roman Empire, Christendom has been...

Western Culture is a studio album by English avant-rock group Henry Cow, recorded at Sunrise Studios in Kirchberg, Switzerland in January and July–August...

world. Historically, the term refers to the philosophical thinking of Western culture, beginning with the ancient Greek philosophy of the pre-Socratics....

of increasing disenchantment. A third views Western esotericism as encompassing all of Western culture's "rejected knowledge" that is accepted neither...

connotations of obesity. In some cultures, exposure of the midriff is socially discouraged or even banned, and Western culture has historically been hesitant...

The Western Baltic culture (Lithuanian: Vakarų baltų kultūra; Polish: Kultura zachodniobałtyjska also known as krąg zachodniobałtyjski (West Baltic circle)...

understanding of the term was common in Western society before the twentieth century and remains so in non-Western cultures that do not sharply distinguish female...

The Western canon is the body of high-culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that are highly valued in the West; works that have achieved...

importance of the gown can depend on the religion and culture of the wedding participants. In Western culture, the wedding dress is most commonly white, a fashion...

often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes...

Non-European cultures are therefore assigned a secondary status, which is paradoxically necessary for the supposed primacy of Western culture. Said argues...

The Western religions are the religions that originated within Western culture, which are thus historically, culturally, and theologically distinct from...

Culture of the Western Balkans may refer to: Culture of Albania Culture of Kosovo Culture of North Macedonia Culture of Serbia Culture of Montenegro Culture...

musicological and philosophical practices. A foundational component of Western culture, classical music is frequently seen from the perspective of individual...

definition of high culture, by way of the Western canon of literature. Media theorist Steven Johnson writes that, unlike popular culture, "the classics—and...

The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture is a nonfiction book written by David Brion Davis, originally published by Cornell University Press in 1966...

Culture shock is an experience a person may have when one moves to a cultural environment which is different from one's own; it is also the personal disorientation...

identities present in the LGBT community; within LGBT communities in Western culture, this might include drag kings and queens, pride parades and the rainbow...

Outside Western cultures, men's clothing commonly includes skirts and skirt-like garments; however, in the Americas and much of Europe, skirts are usually...

and small game. As far as the Pirahã have related to researchers, their culture is concerned solely with matters that fall within direct personal experience...

communities. Some have suggested that the identities defined by the Western heterosexualized cultures are based on sexuality. They also have serious flaws and often...

that culture evolved though predictable cycles, and the study of material culture changed to have a more objective view of non-Western material culture.[citation...