Culture

Question 1

Subculture

Answer 1

-Minority group within a majority with its own distinct norms and values
-Goths, emos, punks

Question 2

Willis- Subcultures

Answer 2

‘The lads’ subculture formed a rebellious subculture that rejected school but led them into working-class jobs.

Question 3

High culture

Answer 3

-Cultural products and activities associated with a minority elitest group
-The opera, ballet, golf
-Bourdieu= high cult. is ina superiour position because the capitalist class uses its economic and political power to impose their worth

Question 4

Bourdieu- high culture

Answer 4

argues that high culture is a tool of the ruling class used to assert dominance, maintain privilege, and reproduce social inequality through cultural capital and symbolic power.

Question 5

Capitalism

Answer 5

-A modern economic system based on the private ownership of businesses in order to seek greedy profit

Question 6

Marcuse- Capitalism

Answer 6

-Argues that capitalism maintains its power by creating false needs that keep individuals trapped in consumerism, distracting them from real freedom and critical thought. This results in a conformist society where ppl accept the status quo without resistance.

Question 7

Consumer Culture

Answer 7

-Someone’s status and identity shaped b their material goods
-Young= bulimic society

Question 8

Young- Consumer culture

Answer 8

-we live in a bulimic society, where people are constantly exposed to consumer culture (through the media) but many are excluded from participating in it due to poverty, unemployment, or social inequality.
-Creates a culture of inclusion by consumption; identity and status tied to material goods.

Question 9

Global Culture

Answer 9

-World wide shared culture, through a large proportion of the world we live in
-learn from other cultures
-Seabrook= Marxist, manly western and american culture is spreading- cultural imperialism

Question 10

Culture Hybridity

Answer 10

-process of combining 2 or more cultures to create a new culture

Question 11

Popular cUlture

Answer 11

-Cultural products and activities that are enjoyed by the majority of a population, seen as shallow and easy to consume activities
-mass consumption, manufactured to brainwash
-Sfrinati= Postmodernist, pop culture has saturated society with a massive choice of cultural products and styles. No longer a cler cut between high and popular culture

Question 12

Habermas- pop culture

Answer 12

-Popular culture has contributed to the dumbing down of public discourse.
-Mass media replaces dialogue with passive consumption- offers superficial entertainment and sensationalism
-Culture is simplified, standardised and designed for mass appeal.