Cultural Diversity

Question 1

Define subculture.

Answer 1

A ‘culture within a culture’ where smaller groups of people share norms and values.

Question 2

Define cultural hybridity.

Answer 2

A new form of culture created from combining two or more forms of culture. This can be linked to globalisation where western culture and local culture can combine.

Question 3

Define high culture

Answer 3

Cultural products which are seen to have high status and can be seen as superior.
Often appreciated by the upperclass and the higher educated.

Question 4

Define popular culture ?

Answer 4

Activities enjoyed by most of the population.
Another word to describe it is mass culture.

Question 5

Define consumer culture.

Answer 5

A culture focused on the purchase and the consumption of goods and services in society.
Now excessive consumption and debt are seen as normal.
This is encouraged by the media.

Question 6

Define global culture

Answer 6

refers to the growing trend of cultural products and activities becoming ‘universal’
E.g. Brands, food
National cultures lose their distinctiveness

Question 7

Define globalisation

Answer 7

The compression of time and space
Complex effects on culture e.g:
- the growth and protection of small-scale practices
- the spread of western culture which threatens to overshadow

Question 8

What is cultural capital ?

Answer 8

The idea that some people posses the appropriate norms, values and behaviour which lead to economic rewards.
Bourdieu coined this phrase