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Lecture 1 Flashcards

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What is culture?

A

social organization of specific groups or societies.

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Eagleton

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argues that culture has evolved to a more abstract sense of cultivating the human mind, individually and collectively.

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3
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Nature vs Culture

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Nature
- marble, shelter, hair growth

Culture
- sculpture, home, hair style

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High culture

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unique, refined, complex, meaningful artistic practices and products appealing to the intellect.

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Low culture

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derivative, base, simplistic, trivial practices and products appealing to “primitive” bodily desires.

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Mass culture

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products for mass consumption sold (by corporations) for profit serving to maintain social status quo.

  • aka popular culture.
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Folk/everyday culture

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stories, practices, objects shared in daily life, sometimes operating as forms of resistance.

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What is popular?

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something enjoyed by large numbers of people.

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Levels of what is popular

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  • how many people does it take to make something popular?

- what category does it fall into?

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