Sampling of definitions with sentences Flashcards
Wealth invested with the intent to produce profit.
Capital
Treating identities as being historically set as innate and unchanging
Essentialism
Those people who according to Marx must sell their labor to survive
Working Class (Proletariat)
The study of the music of any of the various human cultures.
Ethnomusicology
The study of cultural changes to adapt to the
environment.
Culture ecology
The spread of a dominant culture at the expense of the other cultures along with the imposition of the dominant culture on others.
cultural imperialsim
The process by which borrowed forms modify to adapt to local culture.
indigenization
The principle that governments should refrain from regulating private enterprise thereby allowing free markets to operate.
Laissez-faire
The owners of the means of production such as the factories.
bourgeoisie
The means of production are owned and controlled by the government.
Socialism
The blurring and breakdown of established canons, boundaries, and categories as multiple identities emerge within a time and space beyond classic, elite, and Western
cultural forms.
Postmodern
Social system based on wealth and power differences transcending national boundaries.
transnationalism
Social scientist who identified three dimensions of social stratification: wealth, power, and prestige.
Max Weber
Property is owned by the community, while people work for the common good.
communism
Promotes the ability of Indigenous people to exercise sovereignty regarding land, economy, knowledge, and culture systems.
Decolonization
