Chapter 4- Folk And Pop Culture Flashcards
Culture
The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a groups of peoples distinct tradition
Cultural landscaping
Fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group
Custom
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes a characteristic of the group performing the act
Folk culture
Folkways
Culture traditionally placed by a small, homogeneous region, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups
Pop culture
Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics
Habit
A repetitive act preformed by a particular individual
Taboo
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom