Norms - informal rules of behaviour; values - ideas/beliefs society holds as important; sanctions - what happen when you break a norm. they are RELATIVE
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study which is an example of norms
Mead - chambri tribe - gender roles opposite to UK, shows diversity and how norms and relative
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2 types of culture (1)
High culture - enjoyed by those with economic and educational success; represent highest achievements in society
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2 types of culture (2)
Popular culture - enjoyed by masses; dumbing down? boundaries between the 2 are breaking due to the media, e.g. Shakespeare into films
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Cultural diversity - define, types, new form
difference between cultures; can be INTRA (within) or INTER (between); superdiversity - smaller waves of immigration but from wider range of places
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what does increased diversity lead to?
an increase in the range of things that we see as normal
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Consumer culture - cause, peoples uses of it
caused by media/ increase of goods; can create an identity; leisure activities e.g. shopping days;
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Globalisation - define, key study
brands are worldwide; MCLUHAN - global village; national cultures less distinct, we're more interconnected, caused by media/travel
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what is a subculture?
a culture within a culture, with differing norms/values to larger society
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Cultural hybridity? cause?
a mixture of two or more culture to form new ones; linked to globalisation
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examples of cultural hybridity in britain
curry, american brands, foreign TV/music
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overseas example of hybridity
Creolisation - uprooting of plantations caused african and Christianity to mix, forming new religious practices e.g. voodoo
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BOURDIEU
Cultural capital - skills/advantages passed on from parents; can be economic/social; are interrelated
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Front
3 key parts to culture - N,V,S
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Norms - informal rules of behaviour; values - ideas/beliefs society holds as important; sanctions - what happen when you break a norm. they are RELATIVE
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