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29 Cards in this Set
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culture
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the entire way of life of a group of people, including both material and symbolic elements.
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acts as a lens with which we see the world and is passed on generation by generation
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culture
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ethnocentrism
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the principle of using owns own culture as a means or standard by which to judge others
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cultural relativism
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understanding other cultures on their own terms..seeing a different cultural as just that, different
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material culture
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objects associated with a cultural group,tools machines etc..
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symbolic culture
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the ideas and beliefs of a group of people
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emoticons
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symbolic shortcuts to express complex feelings
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gestures
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signs we make with our body
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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
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theorizes that thoughts and behaviors are influenced by language.
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Hopi tribe
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tribe which did not have words to distinguish the past present or future so they cannot see time the same
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hegemony
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Antonio Gramsci...social control..ideas of a dominate social group are accepted by al of society.
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values
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a set of shared beliefs about what a group of people consider to be worthwhile..good or bad, right or wrong..beautiful or ugly
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norms
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rules and guidelines regarding what kinds of behaviors are acceptable; develop out of value
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subculture
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a culture within a culture..a particular social world with a distintive way of life.
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counterculture
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a group within society that openly opposes society's values and norms
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Ideal culture
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the values and norm society believes should be observed
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real culture
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patterns and behaviors that actually exist
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"culture war"
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clashes within mainstream society about which values and norms should be upheld
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pop culture
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clashes with high culture...usually associated with the masses, consumer goods, and commercial products
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high culture
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usually associated with the elite and dominate class
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The Body of Rituals of the Nacirema
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Horace Miner...north american people and the care of their bodies...
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taste publics
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people who share similiar artisitic, recreational, and intellectual interst
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taste cultures
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people who share the same tastes will also usually move in the same cultural circles
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polysemy
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any cultural product is subject to multiple interpretations and therefore has many possible meanings
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interpretive community
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a group specifically dedicated to the consumption and interpretation fo a particular cultural product.
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art world
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the group comprised of everyone involved in the creation, distribution, and consumption of any cultural product
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cultural diffusion
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the circulation of beliefs and practices from one group to another
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cultural leveling
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happens when cultures that were once distinct become similiar to one another
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cultural imperialism
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the imposition of one's cultral beliefs practices and artifacts on another culture through mass media
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