ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Biculturalism, Monoculturalism, Shared Experience

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1150
• Professor: Victor Gulewitsch

Document Summary

Sir edward burnett taylor: defined culture as the complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. Culture: the shared ideals, values, beliefs that ppl use to interpret experience and to generate behavior and that are reflected by their behavior. Not only observes behavior but also shared ideals, values, and beliefs that ppl use to interpret experience & generate behavior. Culture enables adaptation to wide ranges of environment. Culture provides means for producing and distributing good/services, necessary for life. Cultures share a cultural identity different from other cultures. B/c they share common culture ppl can predict hoe other will react in their own culture. Society: group of ppl who lives in the same region, speak the same language, and are independent. Multiculturalism: descriptor for society, community etc. , made up of, involving or relating to several distinct racial or religious cultures.