SOC 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Asteroid Family, Consumerism, Silly Putty
31 Jan 2017
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When people live in groups, they develop common knowledge, languages, customs, values. Culture is learned through observation, imitation, conditioning. Materialistic culture: clothing, utensils, transportation, food, architecture. Nonmaterialistic culture: religion, norms, values & beliefs, language. Components of culture: symbols: things with shared meanings, gender: typically male-dominated (in history, politics, teaching, high positions), sexualisation/objectification of females, word association (engineer/doctor is associated with men, nurse/caregiver is associated with women, values: norms, folkways, mores, laws. Fads: temporary, widely copied behaviour: bodysuits, silly bandz, silly putty, big hair. Globalization: the spread of a culture, or manifestation of a culture in others. Ie, western culture spreads other cultures eating more meat, consuming western music, clothing, values. Co(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t theor(cid:455)"s opi(cid:374)io(cid:374) o(cid:374) (cid:272)ulture: culture is spread by those in power to reinforce their own norms and values, culture is used to maintain the status quo and exploit the people. Ie, many cultures value hard work, yet luxury.
