Culture

Question 1

Subculture

Answer 1

-Minority group within a majority with its own distinct norms and values
-Goths, emos, punks

Question 2

High culture

Answer 2

-Cultural products and activities associated with a minority elitest group
-The opera, ballet, golf
-Bourdieu= high cult. is ina superiour position because the capitalist class uses its economic and political power to impose their worth

Question 3

Capitalism

Answer 3

-A modern economic system based on the private ownership of businesses in order to seek greedy profit

Question 4

Consumer Culture

Answer 4

-Someone’s status and identity shaped b their material goods
-Young= bulimic society

Question 5

Global Culture

Answer 5

-World wide shared culture, through a large proportion of the world we live in
-learn from other cultures
-Seabrook= Marxist, manly western and american culture is spreading- cultural imperialism

Question 6

Culture Hybridity

Answer 6

-process of combining 2 or more cultures to create a new culture

Question 7

Popular cUlture

Answer 7

-Cultural products and activities that are enjoyed by the majority of a population, seen as shallow and easy to consume activities
-mass consumption, manufactured to brainwash
-Sfrinati= Postmodernist, pop culture has saturated society with a massive choice of cultural products and styles. No longer a cler cut between high and popular culture