Quiz 8 Flashcards
Durkheim
Social forms
study of religion
sacred/profane
beliefs, practices, church
how symbols are enacted through collective rituals to create meanings in the world
material culture
objects and architectures that reflect on societies beliefs, practices and values
symbolic culture
shared ideas, beliefs, values, symbols, and language that define a society
high culture
attuned to elite and upper-middle class tastes and sensibilities, and has an “aura” that denotes its exceptional quality
popular culture
commonly associated with pleasure, the mundane, and the masses
family income in US (lowest, highest)
lowest 150k and over
highest 20k-50k
solitary artist
solitary painter or writer is rarely the primary focus of a sociological study of culture
production of culture
aims to examine how macro-level arrangements in the culture industries shape innovations and standardize cultural production
consuming culture
when we buy, read, or watch culture, we actively interpret what we see and hear
we fold their meanings into our own understandings of the world
subcultures and fan culture
differentiate themselves from the wider culture though symbolic and material means, often adapting and repurposing exiting cultural goods for new purposes
what did Bourdieu propose regarding how culture creates inequalities
that 3 concepts are interconnected and can help us understand how culture produces social inequalities (cultural capital + fields + habitus)
culture jam as a solution
strategy to address cultural imperialism and consumerism
