Culture and Socialisation: Topic 1
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- Culture and Socialisation: Topic 1
- Key Points
- Human behaviour can't just be explained by biology
- Feral Children
- This shows us that it is nurture that makes us truly human
- Culture
- definition
- "high" art
- shared norms and values
- provides symbols, norms, and values to guide our conduct and shape our emotions
- groups can develop their own cultures
- subcultures
- many types of culture
- definition
- Identity
- can refer to the inner self, personal identity, or social identity
- Key Terms
- Americanisation
- The process by which national cultures are becoming more and more influenced by America
- also referred to as McDonaldism
- Ascribed Status
- A Social position over which we have no choice and is determined at birth
- Achieved Status
- A social position over which individuals have some degree of control
- Consumer Culture
- expression of culture through items bought by individuals
- Culture
- the values, norms, beliefs, and customs of a society or group
- Globalisation
- Increasing connection between countries and breaking down of national boundaries
- Global Culture
- norms, values, and lifestyle shared in every culture
- High Culture
- Used to describe the artistic tastes of the upper class
- Identity
- groups we do and don't feel a part of
- Meanings
- sense or significance of cultural experiences
- Norms
- social expectations
- Rituals
- Routine actions performed on special occasions
- Role
- set expectations applied to a particular social status
- Subcultures
- Groups who share many aspects of mainstream culture but also have certain beliefs, attitudes, and ways of behaving of their own
- Values
- General standards which are highly prized
- Symbol
- Things which stand for something else
- Americanisation
- Kluckhorn
- describes culture as the distinctive "way of life" of a group of people
- Elias
- 16th century
- little shame about bodily functions
- 16th century
- Stritani
- the media is largely responsible for the creation of pop culture in the contemporary UK
- consumption plays a key role in popular culture
- the world has become consumer orientated
- Adorno
- Marxist
- Popular Culture is a way of socialising the masses into a passive and unquestioning state
- Lury
- 5 features of a consumer culture
- wide range of consumer goods
- shopping is a leisure persuit
- different forms of shopping available
- debt is a norm
- packaging and promotion is big business
- 5 features of a consumer culture
- Ritzer
- argues global cultures dominated by America
- McDonaldisation
- argues global cultures dominated by America
- simpson
- studies middle aged gay men in manchester
- gay men took on different identities depending on where they were
- more open about their sexuality in "homo-space"
- hides sexuality in "hetero-space"
- degaying
- Key Points
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