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folk and pop culture

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Habit   Repetitive act that a particular individual performs  
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custom   is a repetivie act of a group  
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Folk culture   is traditionally practiced by small, homogenous groups living in isolated rual areas  
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Popular culture   found in large hetrogenous socieites that share cirtian habits despite differences in other personal characteristics  
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where are folk culture hearths   they arr often anonymous and my have multiple hearths  
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Give an example of folk relocation diffusion   The Amish: orignally from switzerland they migrated to parts of eurpoe and the USA and migrated to places with cheap land, isolated from other cultures they mantained their unique culture  
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Example: hierarchical diffusion of popular culture   sports: many sports started out as folk customs and were diffused through migration, but with a gain in popularity they became a global sport  
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Why is folk culture clustered   isolation and influence of physical environment  
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Example: Isolation promoting cultural diversity   Himalayan art: the 4 different ethnic groups are seperated and isolated in the mountians, and they produce very differnt art. the different subjects of their paintings reflect their folk culture  
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Example: Physical enviroment   footwear: the custom of wearing wodden shoes in the Netherlands b/c they are waterprooof, as they worked in the feilds they often got very wet, the shoes kept their feet dry  
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Define: Taboo   a restriction on behavior imposed by social customs  
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What is unique about folk housing?   the types of building materials is a reflection of what reasources are avabile. the forms of different houses relfect religious ideas  
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Example: loss of traditional values   clothing in africa and asia: there is a contrast between clothing of rual farmwrokers and urban business men (there are more populart influences in the large cities--business suits)  
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Example: change of traditional roles of women   from women of the home...to an increase in prostitution  
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