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Etic and emic approaches

Culture is a complex concept that is used in many different ways. It describes food and eating habits, gender roles, rituals, communication patterns, and the use of free time within a society. When we talk about culture, we refer to either surface or deep culture. Matsumoto (2004) defines culture as “a dynamic system of rules, explicit and implicit, established by groups to ensure their survival, involving attitudes,...

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