Types of culture
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- Created on: 28-04-15 19:54
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- CULTURE
- Subculture
- Distinct norms and values within the dominant culture
- May have an aversion to authority e.g. gangs and goths
- Multiculturalism
- Barker: celebrating differences
- Equal status of ethnic groups
- Ethnic groups live close together or side by side
- Affected by migration
- Can cause conflict e.g. racism and riots
- Overall definition
- Williams: "culture is a way of life that includes all aspects of the way of life of a group. Their values, norms, interests and ideas."
- Cultural diversity
- Parekh: 3 types of cultural diversity
- Rebellion against dominant values e.g. Islamic extremists
- Different ways of life but still serve the dominant culture e.g. Brixton
- Long-established ethnic communities
- Parekh: 3 types of cultural diversity
- High culture
- Leavis: the elite upper class is something to be 'protected' by society
- System of social closure
- Close-knit
- Difficult to enter
- Ascribed status e.g the Royal Family
- Aristocratic
- Associated with expensive hobbies e.g. horse riding, golf, opera, hunting
- Popular culture
- Shallow activities entered into by the masses
- Based on consumption
- Idealises and aims to imitate high culture
- e.g. Apple, Burberry
- Fake imitations are made so that those who would otherwise not be able to afford high culture can feel as if they can
- Consumer culture
- Linked to popular culture
- Lury: 5 signs of consumer culture
- Cultural and economic factors drive the consumer
- Culture of consumerism
- A large choice of consumer goods is available
- Shopping is a leisure pursuit consisting of different types
- Debt is a social norm e.g the average UK family's debt is £10,000
- Packing and promotion is a large business
- Cultural and economic factors drive the consumer
- Global culture
- Ritzer: Macdonaldization is a reflection of globalisation
- 'Microwave society'
- Can lead to dehumanisation
- Texting rather than talking face to face
- Self checkouts
- Predictability Calculability Control and Efficiency
- Due to advancements in technology
- Skype and Facebook: someone in India can talk to someone in Australia
- Air travel has allowed families to disperse across the world
- Global village
- World is now more interconnected (lots of international communication)
- Ritzer: Macdonaldization is a reflection of globalisation
- Subculture
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