SOC-101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hopi Language, Semiotics, Cultural Appropriation
16 Sep 2019
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Culture the values, norms, and material goods that characterizes a given group. Society a group of people who live in a particular territory, are subject to a common system of political authority, and are aware of having a distinct identity from other groups. Cultural universals the values or modes of behavior shared by all human cultures. Marriage a socially approved sexual relationship between 2 individuals. Nonmaterial culture comprises the nonphysical components of culture, including values, norms, symbols, language, speech and writing. Values held by individuals or groups about what is desirable, proper, good and bad. Norms rules of conduct that specify appropriate behavior in a given range of social situations. Symbols one item used to stand for or represent another. Signifier any vehicle of meaning and communication. Semiotics the study of the ways in which nonlinguistic phenomena can generate meaning.
