SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Nine Inch Nails, Whopper
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When you walk down a street in london, new york, moscow, or singapore and see someone eating a big mac or a whopper while talking on a cell phone or listening to. Nine inch nails on an ipod or zune, you experience this sense of cultural leveling. Culture is a powerful force not only in shaping people"s behavior, but their thoughts and emotions as well. But it is a mistake to speak of culture as if it were shared equally by every person in a particular society especially in modern societies. There are groups of people within society whose shared values, norms, beliefs, or use of material culture sets them apart from other people in that society; these groups become subcultures. Subcultures can emerge for a variety of reasons. Deeply felt shared religious beliefs can also bring subcultures into being. Members of some religious groups have practices and beliefs that set them apart from the rest of society.
