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The document discusses the Iceberg Concept of Culture, which states that most aspects of a culture exist below the surface. Surface culture includes tangible aspects like food, dress, and arts. Deep culture involves unspoken rules and norms around courtesy, personal space, and nonverbal communication. Unconscious rules at the deepest level include ideals, social behaviors, and concepts that are rarely consciously acknowledged.

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The document discusses the Iceberg Concept of Culture, which states that most aspects of a culture exist below the surface. Surface culture includes tangible aspects like food, dress, and arts. Deep culture involves unspoken rules and norms around courtesy, personal space, and nonverbal communication. Unconscious rules at the deepest level include ideals, social behaviors, and concepts that are rarely consciously acknowledged.

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The Iceberg Concept of Culture

Like an iceberg, the majority of culture is below the surface.


food ƒ dress ƒ music ƒ
Surface Culture visual arts ƒ drama ƒ crafts
Above sea level dance ƒ literature ƒ language
Emotional load: relatively low
celebrations ƒ games

Deep Culture
courtesy ƒ contextual conversational patterns ƒ concept of time
Unspoken Rules
Partially below sea level personal space ƒ rules of conduct ƒ facial expressions
Emotional load: very high nonverbal communication ƒ body language ƒ touching ƒ eye contact
patterns of handling emotions ƒ notions of modesty ƒ concept of beauty
courtship practices ƒ relationships to animals ƒ notions of leadership
Unconscious Rules tempo of work ƒ concepts of food ƒ ideals of childrearing
Completely below sea level theory of disease ƒ social interaction rate ƒ nature of friendships
Emotional load: intense
tone of voice ƒ attitudes toward elders ƒ concept of cleanliness
notions of adolescence ƒ patterns of group decision-making
definition of insanity ƒ preference for competition or cooperation
tolerance of physical pain ƒ concept of “self” ƒ concept of past and future
definition of obscenity ƒ attitudes toward dependents ƒ problem-solving
roles in relation to age, sex, class, occupation, kinship, and so forth

Indiana Department of Education ƒ Office of English Language Learning & Migrant Education ƒ www.doe.in.gov/englishlanguagelearning

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