GEG 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gangsta Rap, Abstract And Concrete, Bell Hooks
11 Apr 2018
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Culture: shared set of meanings that are lived through the material & symbolic practices of everyday life. (values, beliefs, practices, religion, language, family, gender, etc. ) Culture: dynamic and ongoing process of producing shared meanings and practices. Geography: dynamic context in which groups shape meaning & use place & space to shape meaning. Geography & culture: geography interested in ways place and space shape culture, & how culture shapes place and space. Implicated the tangible qualities of place and intangible qualities of place (symbolic spiritual) Intangible qualities of place symbolic, spiritual (i. e. , ideas, music) Example: elements of place in ideas about cultural authenticity or spatial (racial) segregation. Excellent illustration of how space & place shape identity, especially of large components of the african-american community. Critiques of rap and gangsta rap more speci cally counter interpretation of cultural critic bell hooks. Folk culture: traditional, simple lifestyle, homogeneous belief systems.
