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Rural England Culture

By: Susan Lai, Kelly Bryce, Chaquinn Cook, and Hamza Saleem

Interviewee

Name: Kathleen Barton


Where shes from: England
Where she immigrated to:
United States
Culture: Rural England

Culture

England/Rural England
United States

Culture of England

Orientation

North

More industrialized

Highland zones - suitable for raising livestock and factories


South

More economically driven

Lowland zones - agriculture

Land

Cities
Towns
Smaller towns
Suburban
Villages

Culture of England (rural)

Food

Gender role

Breakfast - milk, bread, eggs, bacon, baked beans, etc.


Lunch - sandwich and chips
Afternoon tea - sweet pastries, cakes, tea, etc.
Dinner - meat (beef, pork, chicken, etc.), potatoes, other veggies
Men - working
Women - caregiver, stay at home, cooking

Child-rearing - two many practices and beliefs

Teach child how to behave properly & solve conflicts


Help the child learn to be curious and to be creative

Culture of England (rural)

Education

Class system
Lower class no opportunity for university

Etiquette

Less physical expression and contact


Dont draw attention on ones self
Restaurant: fork in left hand and knife in right hand

Comparison
Rural England

Rural areas +
factories
Social

Avoid prolonged
eye contact
Less open
(privacy)
Visiting: small
gift for hostess

Family

Samilairies

Social

Handshake
Punctuality
Avoid drawing
attention to
yourself

Food
Child-rearing
Gender role

America

Industrialized

Social

Competitive
Eye contact
Open to
sharing

Patriotism
Opportunity
Education

Research

Procedure

Procedure

Purpose:

Aim:

Find out how ones core values relate to ones culture


Learn about the immigrants core values, culture, and worldviews

Method:

Researched culture
Wrote questions

Background information (England)

Immigration (to U.S.)

Now/future (U.S.)
Conducted interview (through email)

Informed consent: electronic consent

Findings
Background information
Where: England

Background

Grew up in a small
village called
Ecclesfield in the
city of Sheffield,
Yorkshire, England.
Had a large family;
two sisters and one
brother
Husband and most of
family worked in steel
industry

Background continued...

The town where she lived was very


small and local
They had butchers and locally grown
food
She only had basic education up to
high school
Most of the women were stay at home
moms
She really loves kids
She is an artist
Mother was just a stay at home mom

Findings
Immigration
Where: United States

Immigration to the U.S.

Why?

Family worked in the steel


industry, and cheaper steel
products were beginning to be
made in Asia
Taxes drove companies out of
business
Trade unions demanded better
working conditions
As a young married couple with
two small children we found our
future looking grim.

Why? (cont.)

Class system in England


would have prevented
her children from going
to university
Sister had moved to
America, and came back
with promising tales
Employees were starting
to be laid off where
her husband worked

How?

In January 1979, they had an interview with officials in


Birmingham, where they were granted a visa
Sold their house and all their possessions, and
immigrated with only $5,000 and no job.
Flew on an airplane from the Liverpool airport to the
United States
Stayed with her sister for the first few weeks until they
finished the immigration process and got settled
After they moved, they never looked back

Findings
Now / Future

Identity
Core Values

Findings; Now/Future
Identity

Born and raised in rural England


Open to adapting to the ways of America
Considered herself as an American
Avoided talking to people that reminded her of England
Valued memories more than land
Im going home

Answers
to the purpose of this
immigrant research project

How does Kathleens core


values relate to her
culture?

How does Kathleens core values relate to her culture?


Religion

Had no religious preference from what we found

Core Values

Opportunity
Hardwork
Family/Children

Answer

Adapted to American culture in order for her core values to live on

Where She is Now

Has two children


As well as two Grandchildren
Retired from being a nanny
Husband is free of Cancer
Embraces the England culture
through food

Work Cited

Cathrine, F. O. (n.d.). ProQuest ebrary. Retrieved January 2016, from Law, Literature,
and the Transmission of Culture in England, 18371925 website: http://site.ebrary.
com/lib/portlandstate/reader.action?docID=10392143
Culture Corner. (n.d.). Retrieved January 2016, from International Studies Abroad
website: http://studiesabroad.
com/programs/country/england/city/london/cultureCorner/culturalHighlights
Cultural Differences. (n.d.). Retrieved January 2016, from Fulbright Commission
website: http://www.fulbright.org.uk/pre-departure/us-culture/cultural-differences
England. (n.d.). Retrieved January 2016, from Countries and their Cultures website:
http://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/England.html
England Forever. (n.d.). Retrieved January 2016, from England - Art and Culture
website: http://www.englandforever.org/art-and-culture.php

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