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Page 1: Culture Part III. High Culture & Pop Culture High Culture Cultural patterns that distinguish a society’s elite Popular Culture Cultural patterns that

Culture Part III

Page 2: Culture Part III. High Culture & Pop Culture High Culture Cultural patterns that distinguish a society’s elite Popular Culture Cultural patterns that

High Culture & Pop Culture

• High Culture• Cultural patterns that distinguish a society’s elite

• Popular Culture• Cultural patterns that are widespread among a society’s

population

Page 3: Culture Part III. High Culture & Pop Culture High Culture Cultural patterns that distinguish a society’s elite Popular Culture Cultural patterns that

High Culture Pop Culture

Page 4: Culture Part III. High Culture & Pop Culture High Culture Cultural patterns that distinguish a society’s elite Popular Culture Cultural patterns that

Subculture

• Cultural patterns that set apart some segment of society’s population.• E.g. JCP student culture, Mexican Americans, etc.

• Some subcultures can be classified as “out-groups”• Others can be classified as deviants

Page 5: Culture Part III. High Culture & Pop Culture High Culture Cultural patterns that distinguish a society’s elite Popular Culture Cultural patterns that

Multiculturalism

• Perspective recognizing the cultural diversity of the U.S. and promoting equal standing for all cultural traditions. • Contrast to U.S. historical narratives

• Establishment of hierarchies• WASP’s on top

• Focus on Eurocentrism• Dominance of European cultural patterns• Downplay of other races or ethnicities

• E.g. English as the official language

• Afrocentrism• Emphasis and promotion of African cultural patterns

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Criticisms of Multiculturalism

• Divisive• Urges people to identify only with their own category

• Ideas are evaluated according to race/ethnicity/sex/gender• Hispanic experience, female experience, Asian experience, etc.

• Harms minorities• Creates segregation• Only allows for one point of view

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Counterculture

• Cultural pattern that strongly opposes those widely accepted within a society. • E.g. 60’s Counterculture

https://youtu.be/Ls7LJ2Bk0LY

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Cultural Change

• Culture changes according to:• Invention• Discovery• Diffusion

• Tradition v. Progression• Cultural lag• Some cultural elements

change more quickly than others, disrupting a cultural system.

http://www.pewforum.org/2015/07/29/graphics-slideshow-changing-attitudes-on-gay-marriage/

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Ethnocentrism

• The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture.

• Known as what from groups and organizations?

• Evident in social interactions, language, and even maps!

Cultural Relativism

• The practice of judging a culture by its own standards.

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How has globalization led to cultural changes?