Types of culture Flashcards
Culture definitions & youth subcultures
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Dominant culture
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The main culture within society, accepted by most without opposition
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Subculture
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Groups within society that have a different way of life to dominant culture
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Folk culture
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Routed in local communities, based on lives of everyday people, requires active participation
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Global culture
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Culture enjoyed by most people in society
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High culture
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Culture of the elite/upper class
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Popular culture
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Culture enjoyed by most people in a society
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Low culture
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Derogatory term for popular culture –> less worth/value than high culture
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Mass culture
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Used by marxists to describe that popular culture is mass produced to make profit
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Subculture : Teddy boys
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- Rock and roll music
- Quift hair
- Working class kids adopting middle class behaviours and styles
- Racial violence represented in media
- Violence
- Bold look - Drake jacket, heavy sole shoes, waistcoat, accessories
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Subculture : Rockers
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- Muscular America culture based on bikes, but made British with a motorbike
- Out of globalisation
- Leather jackets, jeans, boots
- Rock and roll music
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Subculture : Mods
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- Ability not to rely on parents
- Cut away collar
- Smoking
- Modern Jazz music
- Italian and French fashion
- Thin black tie
- Vespa
- Scooter
- Neat, close cut hair
- Drug culture –> ampthetamine
- Smartness
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Subculture : Skinheads
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- Edgy, dangerous
- Narrow trousers, white socks
- Working class, early mods
- Reggae music, ska music
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Subculture : Punk
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- Going against anything accepted and normal
- Extreme haircuts
- Scaring people
- Chains, ripped clothes, piercings, graffiti leather jackets
- DIY cultures
- Deviant
- Mix of lots of cultures
- Do it yourself your own way
- Challenging societies norms
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Subculture : Rastafarianism
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- Rebellion against society
- Everyone comes together
- Acid house
- Rave dance music
- Stripey shirts
- Excasty drug, nobody getting drunk or aggressive
- Caused a moral panic as people were drying from drug mixes or dehydration
