SOCB58H3 Lecture 2: Sociology of culture Lecture 2
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Sociology of culture lecture 2: reading responses can be written in first person but best to confirm with ta, cultures and society reader ch 1 . Talks about how cultures flow and how norms come to be. How and why culture works the way it does. Griswold sets up to different ways to look at culture, one way is an older humanities way and the other way is a newer sociological way. Culture vs cultures culture as a proper noun, fixed and finite thing vs cultures can be many of them and stakes are high on this distinction. Culture as a proper noun would be shakespeare and something that is not culture would be a tv show like friends. Cultures plural all things would be considered culture. The goal of culture is to create better people. Culture vs society and cultures and societies culture vs society tension that culture and society (as dirty and impure) are not in harmony.
