A very interesting question indeed, and being Chinese I am also
curious. Here's what I've found. Asian Nation (link provided below)
has a 5 part article dealing directly with asian influences on
American culture, including influences into spriituality, film, and
music. On each of the 5 articles, there are many references for
further reading on this subject.
Also this website offers statistical breakdowns of immigration and
integration into society which will help round out the level of
influence asians have on today's society and culture.
As for your non-artistic subjects, a link at HealthWorld Online (link
below) has the history of acupuncture in the west, and lists specific
dates of inception as well as offers opinions about where eastern
medicine is heading. A short essay at Dartmouth College (link below)
discusses western vs. eastern medicine, and the American Holistic
Medical Association (link below) has more basic information about
eastern practices in use today.
About yoga, the American Yoga Association offers this quote from their
information site (link below):
"Yoga probably arrived in the United States in the late 1800s, but it
did not become widely known until the 1960s, as part of the youth
culture’s growing interest in anything Eastern."
and goes on to describe how yoga plays an important role in excercise
and self relaxation in the United States today.
Lastly, Feng Shui is one of the most new "in" things about eastern
culture especially in new buildings or large corporations. Even the
White House and Oval Office (link below) have been redesigned
according to Feng Shui designers to maximize the good energy.
About.com (link below) offers a wide variety of sources dealing with
what exactly it is and how it's been adopted by many Americans as a
way to fuse design with spirituality.
Additional Links:
Asian Nation Culture articles:
http://www.asian-nation.org/culture.html
http://www.asian-nation.org/culture2.html
http://www.asian-nation.org/culture3.html
http://www.asian-nation.org/culture4.html
http://www.asian-nation.org/culture5.html
HealthWorld Online article on acupuncture:
http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/article.asp?PageType=article&ID=1820
American Holistic Medical Association:
http://www.holisticmedicine.org/
Article about Feng Shui in the White House:
http://www.wofs.com/misc6.htm
American Yoga Association information page:
http://www.americanyogaassociation.org/general.html
Search Strategy:
"asian culture" "american culture" on google
"asian culture" "american culture" integration on google
"asian culture" explosion america on google
feng shui on google
yoga on google
Hope this information helped to broaden your knowledge about asian
culture and influences in the west as it did for me. Please feel free
to clarify if you have any other questions or rate my answer if you
feel it is sufficient! Thank you very much!
skermit-ga |
Request for Answer Clarification by
onyx-ga
on
03 Jun 2002 13:36 PDT
This is really great info. Two comments though to clarify what I was
looking for:
1. Countries. I meant Asian culture to be inclusive of all Asian
countries, including India, Nepal, Phillipines, Japan, Bangladesh,
etc.. I would need similar information specific to these countries in
addition what you've provided (exclusing Russia).
2. Coverage. The feng shui, medicine and yoga are only examples of
what I was looking for. I need a resource that will help me discover
what other aspects of asian culture have been or have the potentially
of being adopted by western American culture. The Asian Nation site
covered many of these (video games, racing, literature, acting, etc.
specific to China), but per #1, I need it to be inclusive of other
countries on the Asia continent (excluding Russia).
Thanks,
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