SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dominant Culture, Boogie 2Nite, Cultural Capital
1 Aug 2016
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It is shared (when we interact with others) It is cumulative (it doesn"t stand still, it"s dynamic, it changes over time when generations add something to it) ex. addition of technology to our culture: culture involves humans (no other species on earth) Authenticity = the carrying of ideas of what is true in that culture: traditions aren"t necessarily what defines a culture; authentic doesn"t always mean traditional. Contested = when a practice whose moral goodness or badness, normalcy or deviance, or general predominance is disputed by some members of society. Counterculture - group of people that rejects selected elements of the dominant culture: counter mainstream society (ex. gangs, goths, e. t. c. ) Popular culture = majority of people (us: ex. technology. You see an image that isn"t reality, but we lack the information to know that so we believe it is. What is the hierarchy of the types of culture (although subject to variation): high culture, dominant culture, popular culture/mass culture, subculture/counterculture.
