module 2: popular culture as a lens

Question 1

describe the anthropological definition of culture

Answer 1

• Edward T.Hall–> micro-level of human interaction, attention to non-verbal communication.
• Clifford Geertz–> how culture is a web of symbols that people use to create meaning

Question 2

anthopological definition of culture

Answer 2

-> a system of shared meanings that are passed from generations thrtough sumbols allowing communication, maintianing and understanding life.

Question 3

define the cultural studies definiton of culture

Answer 3

-> site of meanings that are consistently negootiated

Question 4

goals of cultural studies

Answer 4

-> develop a subjective approach to the study of culture in everyday life
-> examine political/historical approached within a culture
IDENTIFY/LOCATE ONE AS A MEMBER OF A GROUP.

Question 5

describe the globalization definition of culture

Answer 5

-> culture is a resource for economic exploitation due to tourism, media etc.
-> concept of culture as a coherent stable entity to hnegrlect relliaties of inequelities, differences and those who are marginalized.

Question 6

relationship between culture and colonization

Answer 6

-> 19th century–> characterized non-europeans societies as barbaric, lacking culture
-> beginning of WW1–> Most of the world had been colonized by europe.–> impacted the intercultutal communication

Question 7

what is considered high culture

Answer 7

• ruling class, those who were educated in pretigious schools

Question 8

what is considered low culture

Answer 8

• working class

Question 9

types of culture

Answer 9

-mass culture-> mass produced for profit
- middle class culture-> from the gorth in the middle class
- commercial–> also for the middle class

Question 10

define cultural identity

Answer 10

• sense of self, shaped by cultutal experiences
• developed by relationships with other people
• impcted by our social identities
• not fixed

Question 11

descibe the role of dominant cultural groups

Answer 11

• the majority or most infuelntial culture in society
• their behavior becomes normalized

Question 12

how does the dominant culture impact people from non-dominant cultures

Answer 12

-> Aware of differences, lead to exclusion, assimilating to domiannt culture.

Question 13

relationship of pop culture and dominant culture

Answer 13

-> pop culture is not neutral–> reflects values of whoever has the most infuelnce on society.
-> media and entermaintmets are mostly created by dominant group–> difficult for minority groups to see themselves represented in pop culture.