Chapter 4 Vocab: Folk&Pop Culture Flashcards
(26 cards)
folk culture (V)
traditionally practiced by small groups in isolated rural area
popular culture (V)
practiced in large societies that share certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics
daily necessities (C)
food, clothes, and shelter. all cultures have these, but in distinctive ways.
leisure activites (C)
arts and recreation. each group has their own ideas of these.
habit (V)
repetitive act that a particular individual preforms
custom (V)
repetitive act of a group, preformed to the extent that it’s a characteristic of the group
culture (V)
collection of material traits, customary beliefs, and social forms that form tradition of a group
hearth (V)
center of innovation, where an idea begins
material culture (V)
includes clothing, food, and shelter and varies with each culture.
terroir (V)
contribution of a location’s distinctive physical features to the way food tastes
taboo (V)
a restriction on behavior imposed by social customs
compare the origin, diffusion, and distribution of folk and popular culture (C)
Folk culture - likely an unknown hearth and diffuses slowly through migration
Pop culture - likely invented/diffused quickly using modern communications
compare the characteristics of folk and popular music (C)
pop music - global diffusion because of artist/style connections
folk music - less likely to be widely known, only within one/a few groups
describe how sports have been transformed from folk to popular culture (C)
sports that originated within a smaller folk culture have since been distributed globally into pop culture
compare reasons for distribution of clothing styles in folk and pop culture (C)
folk clothing - likely will respond to the environment factors and cultural values
pop clothing - vary more in time than in place
understand reasons for folk food and taboos (C)
folk food culture is very closely linked to environmental conditions cultural values
describe regional variations in popular food preferences (C)
popular food displays regional variations
understand factors that influence patterns of folk housing (C)
folk housing styles responds to the environment and cultural factors
understand variations in time and space of housing in the united states (C)
US housing has roots in folk culture but newer housing displays features of popular culture
why is access to folk and popular culture unequal? (C)
pop cultures diffuses though electronic media. in the 20th century, TV was the dominant format. In the 21st, social media is expanding
describe the origin, diffusion, and distribution of TV around the world. (C)
TV diffused during the 20th century from the US to Europe and then to developing countries, who have less consistent access.
compare the diffusion of the internet and social media with the diffusion of TV. (C)
diffusion of the internet and social media has followed the pattern of TV, but at a much faster rate. Less developed countries still have less access.
understand external and internal threats to folk culture posed by electronic media (C)
folk culture may be threatened by the dominance of pop culture in the media and by decreasing ability to control people’s access to the media
summarize challenges for folk culture form diffusion of pop culture (C)
pop culture threatens traditional elements of cultural identity in folk culture.
