SOC 2114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Folklore, Militarism, White Supremacy
8 Dec 2014
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Cultural plurality and canada"s identity crises in 1992. E. g. , the north, indians and multiculturalism: others are: hockey, biculturalism etc. Nationalism, folk and modern cultures: description of other culture as folk in britain (older, original and traditional etc. ) Folk culture require control, improvement, protection and development, not the shared modern national culture. Suggestions / justification for change: emphasis on hybrid culture, three ways of conceptualizing culture are, tradition, enunciation, translation. Invented expressive youth culture and its incorporation into urban capitalism: hybrid cultures have a revolutionary potential. Imperialists invented cultures in the colonies, which were hybrid cultures. Hybridity is part of the enlightenment project: the queen"s english is not spoken by all, so cannot protect the english culture, canada focuses on globalization framework, but policing cultural system, canada should recognize, utilize absorb and negotiate difference. Us and terrorist groups / activities (mamdani 2002)
