SOC 2191 Lecture Notes - Individualism, Cascina Increa, Broad Arrow
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Culture: these ways of life are produced, reproduced, and changed as people interact and sometimes struggle over, what is important in their lives, how to do things, how to make sense of their experiences. Society: a collection of people, living in a defined geographical territory, united through. A shared sense of self-identification that distinguishes them from other people that is a sense of we-ness . Sport: definition, physical, competitive, institutionalized, motivated by internal and external awards. Dramatic spectacle: play involves expressive activity done for its own sake; it is often spontaneous and guided by informal, emergent norms, dramatic spectacle involves performances designed to entertain an audience for the purpose of obtaining rewards. An alternative approach to defining sports: determine the activities the people identify as sports in a society, determine who"s sports count the most when it comes to obtaining support and resources.