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What is Culture?

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The elements of social life that have meanings and social actors interpret and can also convey
- language, values, belief etc.

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Why Study Culture?

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Culture is a powerful social force

- key to understanding how we relate to each other

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What is Structure?

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Enduring patterns of social relations and social institutions through which society is organized and through which behaviour is carried out
- Political and School systems

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What is the Orthodox Marxist theory?

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The nature of society is largely determined by the economic mode of production
- economic base of society

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What are Neo-Marxists?

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They believe that ideological (super-structural) forces accompany the economic mode of production

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What is the Dominant Ideology? (Neo-Marxism)

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A system of thoughts, knowledge and beliefs that legitimates and perpetuates the existing order. Minimizes criticism of capitalism and maximizes participation in and support for capitalism

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What is Cultural Functionalism?

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Focus on integrative aspects of culture and now culture reflects the needs of society

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What is Symbolic Interactionism?

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Culture is a vehicle that transmits meanings to people. Culture is generated by individuals in face-to-face encounters

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What is the Dramaturgical Perspective?

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The sending and receiving of signals and messages is central to the overall organization of society

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What is the Production of Culture Perspective?

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Culture is a product of social action just as non-cultural products are. Theorists examine cultural products that are explicitly and intentionally produced

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What is the primary means through which communication takes place?

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Language and Discourse

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What is Discourse?

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A discourse is a way of talking (writing, communicating) about something. A set of ideas, concepts and vocabulary routinely used together.

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What is a discourse’s “Rules of Formation?”

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They specify what can be said, in what form, and by whom

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Discourses play a role in the …

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Social Construction of the categories and definitions we use to understand the world

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What is Subculture?

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A subset of cultural traits of the larger society that also includes distinctive values, beliefs, norms, style of dress, and behaviour

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National Culture is often expressed in Nationalism which means:

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A form of cultural and political practice that ties symbols and values to the nation-state.

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What is Globalization?

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Generally refers to the fact that goods, services, information, and people can move more easily from nation to nation