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Folk and Pop Culture
Question | Answer |
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Folk Culture | Much variation from Place to Place Little variation from Time to Time Little variation from Person to Person |
Popular Culture | Little variation from Place to Place Much variation from Time to Time Much variation from Person to Person |
Characteristics of Culture: Learned | Culture in not genetically inherited; it is not instinctive. |
Characteristics of Culture: Universal | Every human being has culture; it is part of being human. |
Characteristics of Culture: Unique | No two cultures are exactly alike; they vary geogrphically. |
Characteristics of Culture: Integrative | Cultural traits form a cultural system; a change in one trait influences others. |
Characteristics of Culture: Dynamic | Cultural is never static, but some cultures change faster than others. |
Characteristics of Culture: Symbolic | Culture is passed on through the generations. |
Ethnocentrism | Judgmental perspective |
A Judgmental Perspective | Judge other and their way of life from the perspective of your own culture. |
Cultural Relativisim | Non-Judgmental Perspective |
A Non-Judgmental Perspective | Judge others and their way of life through the eyes of the people who live that way. |
Assimilation | Process through which people lose differntiating traits |
Culture Appropriation | Adopt Customs and knowledge and use them for their own benefit. |
Commodification | not regarded as an object to be bought or sold becomes an object that can be. |
Authenticity | The Picture perfect idea, not as it seems |
Language | great unifer or disunifer |