Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes -Rural Sociology, Dominant Culture, Sick Role
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Culture: the word culture as we use it here is a system of behaviors, beliefs, knowledge, practices and values. Objects of culture may be contested when they become instruments of oppression or discrimination. Culture involves traditions but is not confined by them because it changes over time. Authenticity is a problem when colonial society studies a colonized culture and claims having studied the cultures traditions, to hold the keys of its authenticity. Dominants are people most closely linked to the dominant culture. Power and wealth tend to be concentrated in large cities, and central. Canada has become the home to the countries two most metropolitan areas, Feminists (both male and female) argue that canada s dominant culture is male. Proven that the closer you are too power the fewer females there are. Age plays a factor in canada s dominant culture as well.
