SA 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: American Canadian, Determinism, Manfred Steger

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 150
• Professor: Suzanna Crage

Document Summary

: what we mean by culture and why its contested. Culture: system of behaviour, beliefs, knowledge, practices, values and concrete materials like buildings, roots and sacred items. Contested: describing a practice whose moral goodness or badness, normally or deviance, or general predominance is disputed by some members of society. Authenticity: the quality of being true to the traditions of a people. Authenticity is often contested by the modern represtatives of the people themselves + experts from outside the community. Carries the idea of being true to a particular culture. The different kinds of cultures (1) dominant culture vs. subculture and counter culture (2) high culture vs popular culture and mass culture. Dominant culture vs. sub culture and counter culture. Dominant culture: through its political and economic power is able to impose it value, language, and way of behaving and interpreting behaviour on society.