Culture Flashcards
code switching
adopting a set of informal rules and manners attuned to a particular setting
collective representations
set of images and words that represent a particular culture
cultural toolkit
beliefs, values, and attitudes to use based on the situation
high culture
cultural goods for elite groups
material culture
physical goods in an economic system
popular culture
heavily produced and commercialized for a large audiencer
rituals
routinized and important group activities
symbolic culture
aspect of culture, includes beliefs, values, norms, language
symbols
material or immaterial objects that groups affix meaning to
values
moral beliefs
conspicuous consumption
gaining prestige by exhibiting cultural goods
corporate consolidation
acquisition of smaller corporations by larger ones
culture industries
systems of organizations that produce and distribute cultural goods
subculture
uses alternative symbolic and material cultural goods to distinguish themselves from a larger society
boundary work
creating and maintaining symbolic boundaries to limit group membership and access to resources
cultural capital
non-economic cultural resources (knowledge, skills)
cultural omnivores
know a lot about different cultural fields
field
context of social relations where cultural capital is exchanged
habitus
learned disposition
status
social designation of honor
status group
collection of people with similar status
symbolic boundaries
conceptual ways people separate each other into groups
cultural appropriation
members of a dominant culture adopting cultural goods of another
cultural imperialism
imposition of dominant group’s material
global commodity chain
international production, distribution, marketing
globalization
integration of political and economic systems, intercultural communication
mcdonaldization
increased rationalization and globalization of culturer
rationalization
capitalism’s trend towards increased calculability, efficiency, predictability
