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Culture - ANS-Ideas, customs and values of a particular society
Mead (study) - ANS-found that there were 3 different societies on an island in Papua
New Guinea, that each had a unique setup when it came to gender expectations
norms - ANS-Behaviour that is seen as normal in society
Linton's definition of norms - ANS-the way of life of a society and its members
values - ANS-issues that people have strong beliefs about in society
subculture - ANS-Small group within society minority part of culture Emos,
Skaters, Goths or religious scientologists
Some develop to oppose authority
Membership of cultures change overtime
popular culture - ANS-shallow activites associated and enjoyed by the masses
Football and Gucci
a product of a media dominated world
Strinati - Popular culture - ANS-the media is largely responsibe for this type of culture
global culture - ANS-The process in which events in one area influence what happens
everywhere else
The world has become increasingly interconnected
Socially (trends and fashion) politically (political leaders) and economically (stock
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markets)
Global cultures have emerged through migration, spread of media
McLuhan - ANS-cultural homogenity is key
we now live in a global village in which many different countries have assimilated into
one global culture
Ritzer- global culture - ANS-the process of different companies producing at a faster
rate to keep up with the culture change
McDonalisation and Americanisation questions whether global culture is American
culture
consumer culture - ANS-Things we consume and use in society
Based on cultural and economic factors
Creates a sense of identity through provided goods- conspicuous consumption
Lury- consumer culture - ANS-debt is accepted as a social norm
Cultural Hybridity - ANS-How members of society, especially young people, are
increasingly mixing elements of the different cultures that now exist in the UK to
construct a sense of identity
Nayak - ANS-Used the term 'white wannabes' to describe white British males who act in
a way that is influenced by black hip-hop culture.
other examples; Brasian, Blasian, Spanglish
cultural diversity - ANS-culturally embedded differences in society
Parekh - ANS-3 types of cultural diversity
1. Trying to open up to society on what's accepted as a norm to break the
dominant culture (homosexuality)
2. Rebel against dominant values and central principles (reclaim the streets)
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