A COM 265X Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Cockfight, Adam Kuper, Ray Kroc
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Culture- webs of signiicance; systems of shared meaning. Cultural performance- acions by which members consitute and reveal their culture to themselves and others; an ensemble of texts. Ethnography- mapping out social discourse; discovering who people within a culture think they are, what they think they are doing, and to what end they think they are doing it. Thick descripion- a record of the intertwined layers of common meaning that underlie what a paricular people say and do. Metaphor- clariies what is unknown or confusing by equaing it with an image that"s more familiar or vivid. Corporate stories- tales that carry management ideology and reinforce company policy. Personal stories- tales told by employees that put them in a favorable light. Collegial stories- posiive or negaive anecdotes about others in the organizaion; descripions of how things really work . Ritual- texts that ariculate muliple aspects of cultural life, oten making rites of passage or life transiions.
