Folkways

enthusiasts tend to run into a few more problems with folkways and customs than they do with mores and laws. A big folkway that I’ve noticed while hiking is sharing the trail, in a lot of place I’ve hiked there are people of all different hiking skill using the same trail, from what I’ve seen and experienced it is very annoying when people take up a large part of the trail or make it so that no one can get by them without going off the trail. This folkway has an informal, internal sanction, no…

deviance is “violations of social norms” (Adler, 2012, p. 11), because of this not all acts of deviance are criminal (Adler, 2012). There are three different levels of deviance folkways, mores, and laws. Folkways are “simple everyday norms based on custom, tradition, or etiquette” (Adler, 2012, p. 11). An example of a folkway is “standard of dress, or eating behavior” (Adler, 2012, p. 11). These norm violations are not very serious, but people still try to avoid them. Mores are “norms based on…

Notre Dame High Schools has unique material items. They are unlike most schools, because they wear uniforms everyday. Most public schools do not wear uniforms or have dress codes in general. Notre Dame is also different in the fact that all students have laptops. Most schools do not require this type of technology. Notre Dame is very advanced in this sense. Since Notre Dame is a Catholic school, they display crosses in every room. No public schools have crosses displayed anywhere. This is a…

In order to comprehend other people’s culture or even our own culture, we must analyze a society’s applied values and sanctions. By assessing these applications, we will have a finer understanding of that culture’s social interactions, have an in-depth view of what they hold worthy in their lives, and cognize why they function the way they do. Every culture has their own worldview. Through this worldview filter, they are capable of creating their own values- what they find desirable in life-…

We can see this tendency in his 1978 fiction piece The Story of a Mask, who described the survival narrative of the Chinese immigrants who came to Singapore. Despite the change in space, they still brought “their beliefs, their superstitions and folkways and, when they were unhurried (which was quite often), they looked around and saw that, thought they felt unchanged, they were in fact changed” (42). Yap’s tendency to portray a spatial liminality was in fact a self-reflexive attention to the…

conducting this experiment, my hypothesis was that I was going to offend all of the people involved, so I prepared myself mentally for the backlash and negative feedback. Surprisingly, there was a range of emotions and reactions to me breaking this folkway. Emotions ranged from being completely offended and disgusted to finding it hysterical. The reactions from the people fluctuate from being angry and notifying the manager to asking me to join them for dinner. The experiment was conducted at…

notorious marginalized group at a music festival. The focus will be to identify its causes & effects through normative violations such as folkways, taboos and laws; this gathering of Juggalos’ demonstrates the manifestation of deviance when isolated from society. The Juggalos’ acts of deviance serve a manifested & latent function by violating normative folkways. To begin, a recurring concept in the juggalo community is acceptance, there is little to no racial diversity, however individuality…

I thought the movie was good. The conflicting personalities and attitudes of Shannon and Joseph I think made the movie interesting. I think their personalities were also admirable. To me, it is commendable to see people who express themselves. One of the sociological perspectives that can be applied to this movie is the functionalist perspective. It focuses on society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a social system. Emile Durkheim and Herbert Spencer influenced it.…

I am a member of the equestrian subculture. The equestrian subculture consists of people who ride and take care of horses. Members of this subculture value horsemanship, respect, position, and knowledge. Following these values allows you to be a better rider and have a better understanding of how to treat the animals. Together, these values form a value cluster because they all create the skills needed to be a successful equestrian. The value of horsemanship is reflected by the norms of being…

A hijab is veil traditionally worn by Muslim women. Norms and Folkways took place at the mall as well. Standing in line at the fitting rooms or the register check out line, walking normally instead of running, saying excuse me or using polite manners, holding the doors open for the people who are behind you, and greeting others by communicating and making facial expressions. Meanwhile, there were violations of the Norms and Folkways. Speaking loudly and shouting just to communicate, opening…