SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Cinema Of The United States, Antonio Gramsci, Class Conflict
Document Summary
Culture is an amazingly powerful social force that influences events as diverse as whom we marry and whether we go to war. What is clear is that, in general, people like to marry other people with whom they share interests and experiences. Such shared ideas and preferences create a feeling of comfort and familiarity, which are things we enjoy about being with other people. Culture includes all these preferences and ideas and notions, and these are the things that allow us in our daily lives to feel connections to other people. Cultural similarities influence our decisions not only about getting married but about all kinds of connections with whom we become and stay friends, even with whom we work. Just as we often are brought closer to other people, so too we often experience social divisions, some relatively minor and others quite significant.
