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A shared story that tells a people what it means to belong together.
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cultural identity
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The second function of literary works is cultural identity: common stories tell a people what it means to be Chinese, Roman, biblical, or otherwise unified.
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"...the society. To legitimize authority. Second function is to create a cultural identity. So, you know, in China you have books like San Guanyin,..."
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"We'll read the Bible. Okay? In China you have like the Romans of the Three Kingdoms. And all these literary works were designed to..."
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"...choice. It could choose to close its borders and maintain its cultural identity, or it could open the floodgates. And Angela Merkel, the chancellor..."
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"...with so many people who are insistent on meeting their their cultural identity eventually because because they have more children than you eventually they're..."
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"The class consciousness is more important than national identity, right? Now democracy. No, no, no. This is bad too, right? Because workers cannot defend..."
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"...uh, the natives see these immigrants as a threat to their cultural identity. Um, and so, you know, wars are fought because people want..."
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"...than he or she can talk about his own, you know, cultural identity."
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"...is just mind boggling. But they've been able to maintain their cultural identity. They've been able to. They've been able to maintain themselves as..."
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"...is to be an open society and not have a distinct cultural identity. And this has created a lot of problems in Canada. It'll..."
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"...the German language, is what will define our culture and our identity. He writes, description and characterization in such a language is itself a..."
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"...very diverse. Okay, so different cultural outlooks will also determine their cultural identities."
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"...that produces men of genius to lead their countries. The Russian cultural identity is the idea of Mother Russia, the land itself, the nation,..."
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