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Culture

What is culture?

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enitre way of life of a particular society. considering behaviour and belief

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Culture

What are values?

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societal standards.
eg british values are tolerance, democracy, respect etc

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Culture

What are norms?

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Expected patterns of behaviour based on values

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Culture

What is cultural diversity?

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The variety and difference within society and cultures within.

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Culture

What is intercultural diversity?

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Diversity between cultures

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Culture

What is intracultural diversity?

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Diversity within a culture

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Culture

What is a monoculture?

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When society has a singular culture

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Culture

What is cultural hybridity?

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A cross or merge or two or more cultures

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Culture

What is multiculturalism?

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several cultures. The UK is multicultural as it is home to so many cultures

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Multiculturalism

What are the terms to describe multiculturalism?

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  • melting pot
  • salad bowl
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Multiculturalism

What is a melting pot?

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Immigrant cultures merging into a blend

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Multiculturalism

What is a salad bowl?

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cultures have distinctive ways of staying seperate however some may need help from becoming opressed or inferior

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High culture

What is high culture?

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  • Products or activities seen to have high status
  • exlusive for people who are educated
  • privileged
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Low Culture

What is low culture?

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  • Refers to people as inferior
  • does not require eductaion to participate so is accessible
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Cultural Capital

Who came up with the term cultural capital?

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Pierre Bordieu 1984

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Cultural capital

What is cultural capital?

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The knowledge of culture aqquired through upbringing

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Cultural Capital

What is Bordiues ‘habitus’?

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Norms,values and attitudes of social groups

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Cultural capital

What does Bordieu argue about the ruling class?

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The ruling class decides waht is high culture to purposefully exclude workign class

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Popular culture

What is popular culture?

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-products or activities enjoyed by the majority of people
- accessible to all
- some argue it is manufactured to brainwash the masses

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Popular culture

What are the 2 sociological arguments for pop culture?

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  1. used by elites to control those below them, making people dull and passive
  2. vehicle for rebellion against culture of dominant groups
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Popular culture

Who was an important popular culture theorist?

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Popular culture

What did Storey theorise?

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  • pop culture is formulaic and manipulative
  • ## by bombariding society with something it will find a place in popular culture
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Popular + mass culture

How are mass and pop culture linked?

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Pop culture is a result of mass media as we chose what becomes popular from mass culture

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Mass culture

What is mass culture?

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Widely spread culture through mass media that is broadcast to individuals

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# Mass culture What did Theodore Adarno theorise?
What is popular is not judged by taste but instead its forced by industries
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# Mass Culture What is Marx theory of Alienation?
- The proletariat (working class) had no control over their lives so became alientatied to society with no freedom. - culture is dictated from bourgeoisie
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# Consumer culture What is consumer culture?
Form of capitalism focusing on selling goods and spending of consumer money
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# Consumer culture What are the key features of consumer culture?
- availability of wide range of goods - shopping is for leisure - debt is accepted as a norm
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# Consumer culture What did Celia Lury theorise?
Consumer culture has become stylized and is important for everyday creativity
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# Global culture What is global culture?
Trends, products and activities becoming universal making for a more diverse world
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# Global culture What does homogenous mean?
When cultures mix together
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# Global culture Why is netflix a good example of global culture?
- 238+ million subscribers worldwide - streams a variety of cultures - created a media empire mostly surrounding American culture
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# Global Culture Who created the theory of the global villiage?
McLuhan 1964
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# Global culture What is a global villiage?
- world becomng smaller as we are driven by multinational companies - stipping us of individuality
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# Global culture What was the runaway world theory?
Giddens- interdependence affects everyday lives and local cultures are becoming too exposed so traditions get questioned
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# Folk culture What is folk culture?
Everyday practises of locals rooted in long standing tradtitions transmitted from generation to generation
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# Folk Culture Example of folk culture?
Morris dancing - English folk dancing
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# Folk culture Who practises folk culture?
usually small groups living in isolated rural areas. oftern anonymously made and passed through generations
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# Folk Culture What is diffusion
Electronic communication and migration has caused cultures to spread and blend making hybrids
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# Subcultures What is a subculture?
people who share norms and values that are diverging from mainstream culture- a culture within a culture
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# Subcultures What are subcultures formed around?
- hobbies - religion - politics - moral concern
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# Subcultures What are youth subcultures based on?
usually material things like clothes or music
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# Subcultures What is Apathy in link to subculures?
lack of interest and boredom with mainstream culture causes subcultures
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# Subcultures What is anger in link to subculures?
Anger with the direction society is heading
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# Subcultures What is annoyance in link to subculures?
Mainstream is annoying and subcultures are an escape from societal perceptions
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# Subcutlures How do people react to subcultures?
Some beleive they are positive for diversity and some worry they can isolate people from norms
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# Subcultures What are school subcultures?
groups of students who share values,norms and behaviours which give them a sense of identity and peer affirmation
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# Subcultures What was Laceys theory 1970?
-middle class grammar school differentiation causes for a division between students leading to polarisation - eg sets in school

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