Culture and Identity

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What is socialization
Where you learn the norms and values of a society
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What is a stigmatized Identity
Goffman states it's an identity that can be seen to be undesirable and demeaning towards the person.
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Explain the difference between dominant culture and subculture
dominant culture: the main culture in society, subculture: smaller groups in society with their own unique norms and values.
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Explain the difference between high culture and popular culture
High culture is associated with middle and higher class people and popular culture is associated more with working class
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How does folk culture differ from mass culture
folk culture is based and created by local communities and specific to a local community and mass culture is specific to everyone; it's a global culture
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What is mean by subculture resistance
Ethnic minority groups that may not be simply different from the dominant culture but also in active opposition to it
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Goffman states it's an identity that can be seen to be undesirable and demeaning towards the person.

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