Folk vs Pop Culture Flashcards
culture
spread/diffuses outward from major area
Non material culture
thoughts or ideas
Cultural extinction
culture no longer exists;has happened to many languages
Cultural landscape
natural landscape that has been involved by humans
Cultural traits
building blocks of culture -customs, beliefs , traditions
Cultural hearth
Culture spread/diffuses outward from major area
Carried by people involved in trade,travel ,immigration
Contagious diffusion
spreads continuously outward from its hearth through contact among people
Ethnic identity
traditions, ancestry,language, history, religion
xenophobia
disdain or fear of foreigners
accent
sounds, geography, boundaries between variation in pronunciation
toponym
names of places reflect culture-can be named after people incidents,history
Extinct languages
young people become uninterested,people move elsewhere
Lingua franca
like English, because new technologies, Multinational corps in US, Scientists, pilots, scholars use to communicate, internet/ social media and TV and movies
nativism
protecting the interests of native born
acculturation
take part of a new culture when migrating but keep part of your own
ethnicity
A group with shared attributes, traditions, ancestry,language, history, religion
Stimulus diffusion
adopt from another culture but motif because they reject one of its traits
Relocation diffusion
culture trait spread by migration
Traditional architecture
what does housing tell us about a culture
Cultural imperialism
imposing a culture on another country
Usually a more politically powerful one over less powerful ex:native americans
customs
widely accepted way of doing something in culture
Traditional architecture
Material culture
actual,visual,items
Folk culture
Traditional and Preserve old ways like language,religion,values,food
Pop culture
Spreads quickly, Adopted by various groups, and trendy
Cultural identity
custom, beliefs, traditions
multiculturalism
co existence.
transculturation
melting pot
taboo
behaviors that are discouraged, they change over time.
Hierarchical diffusion
goes from interconnected places or places of wealth to eventually spread to smaller cities or less developed
Ethnic enclaves
neighborhoods
assimilation
cant distinguish ethnic groups any more,blended
dialect
Variations in accent,grammar,usage and spelling, noticeable but you can still understand what is being said
Official language
by law to be the language of the government
