SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Benjamin Lee Whorf, Promiscuity, Survival Kit
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The superstitious practice of athletes makes some people chuckle. Like all elements of culture, superstitions help people to solve their challenges of life. At the root of culture is the solving of problem of meaning. The power of culture is that it makes our sensory experiences meaningful. Once your cultural experience conditions you to interpret concrete. Culture defined experiences a certain way, this becomes your reality. )n everyday speech, (cid:498)culture(cid:499) refers to high culture or popular culture. High culture is culture consumed mainly by upper classes (opera, ballet, etc. ) Popular culture (or mass culture) is culture consumed by all classes (movies, pop must, etc. ) Culture consists of the shared symbols and their definitions that people create to solve real-life problems. To understand this definition, we need to elaborate its components. The meaning of a symbol is not in the symbol; the meaning resides in what ir refers to. A symbol"s (cid:498)definition(cid:499) informs us what a symbol represents.
