SOC 101LEC Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Dominant Culture, Ethnomethodology, Chinatown
28 Jun 2019
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Mores are norms that are believed to be essential to core values and we insist on conformity. A person who steals, rapes , and kills has violated some of society"s most important mores. Norms that one group consider to be folkways another group may view as mores. A male walking down the street with the upper half of his body uncovered may be violating a folkway; a female doing the same thing may be violating mores. Taboos are norms so strongly ingrained that even the thought of them is greeted with revulsion. Eating human flesh and having sex with one"s parents are example of such behavior. Ethnomethodology is a theoretical approach in sociology based on the idea that you can discover the normal social order through disrupting (break norm, discomfort) The culture of the most powerful group in a given society that sets the cultural expectations that constitution the culture"s or society"s major belief system.
