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Culture Part III
High Culture & Pop Culture
• High Culture• Cultural patterns that distinguish a society’s elite
• Popular Culture• Cultural patterns that are widespread among a society’s
population
High Culture Pop Culture
Subculture
• Cultural patterns that set apart some segment of society’s population.• E.g. JCP student culture, Mexican Americans, etc.
• Some subcultures can be classified as “out-groups”• Others can be classified as deviants
Multiculturalism
• Perspective recognizing the cultural diversity of the U.S. and promoting equal standing for all cultural traditions. • Contrast to U.S. historical narratives
• Establishment of hierarchies• WASP’s on top
• Focus on Eurocentrism• Dominance of European cultural patterns• Downplay of other races or ethnicities
• E.g. English as the official language
• Afrocentrism• Emphasis and promotion of African cultural patterns
Criticisms of Multiculturalism
• Divisive• Urges people to identify only with their own category
• Ideas are evaluated according to race/ethnicity/sex/gender• Hispanic experience, female experience, Asian experience, etc.
• Harms minorities• Creates segregation• Only allows for one point of view
Counterculture
• Cultural pattern that strongly opposes those widely accepted within a society. • E.g. 60’s Counterculture
https://youtu.be/Ls7LJ2Bk0LY
Cultural Change
• Culture changes according to:• Invention• Discovery• Diffusion
• Tradition v. Progression• Cultural lag• Some cultural elements
change more quickly than others, disrupting a cultural system.
http://www.pewforum.org/2015/07/29/graphics-slideshow-changing-attitudes-on-gay-marriage/
Ethnocentrism
• The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture.
• Known as what from groups and organizations?
• Evident in social interactions, language, and even maps!
Cultural Relativism
• The practice of judging a culture by its own standards.
How has globalization led to cultural changes?