Examples of high culture in the following topics:
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- The distinction between the the "high" culture of the elite and the "low" culture of the masses has become increasingly blurred over time.
- High culture most commonly refers to the set of cultural products, mainly in the arts, held in the highest esteem by a culture.
- Gellner's concept of a high culture extended beyond the arts; he used it to distinguish between different cultures (rather than within a culture), contrasting high cultures with simpler, agrarian low cultures.
- However, this definition of popular culture has the problem that much "high culture" (e.g., television dramatizations of Jane Austen) is also "popular. " "Pop culture" is also defined as the culture that is "left over" when we have decided what high culture is.
- Discuss the roles of both high culture and popular culture within society
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- High culture refers to elite goods and activities, such as haute cuisine, high fashion or couture, museum-caliber art, and classical music.
- Popular culture tends to change as tastes and opinions change over time, whereas high culture generally stays the same throughout the years.
- Although we still see remnants of this idea of high culture today, it has largely fallen out of practice.
- For instance, the high culture of elites is now contrasted with popular or pop culture.
- In this sense, high culture no longer refers to the idea of being "cultured," as all people have culture.
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- For instance, the high culture of elites is now contrasted with popular or pop culture.
- In this sense, high culture no longer refers to the idea of being cultured, as all people are cultured.
- High culture simply refers to the objects, symbols, norms, values, and beliefs of a particular group of people; popular culture refers to the same.
- Most social scientists today reject the cultured vs. uncultured concept of culture.
- The result is a belief in cultural relativism, which suggests that there are no "better" or "worse" cultures, just different cultures.
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- For that, we need culture.
- In practice, culture referred to elite goods and activities such as haute cuisine, high fashion or haute couture, museum-caliber art and classical music.
- For instance, the high culture of elites is now contrasted with popular or pop culture.
- In this sense, high culture no longer refers to the idea of being cultured, as all people are cultured.
- High culture simply refers to the objects, symbols, norms, values, and beliefs of a particular group of people; popular culture does the same.Most social scientists today reject the cultured vs. uncultured concept of culture.
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- Culture can be difficult to pinpoint and individuals within a given culture might disagree over what their culture is.
- Culture is both unifying and contentious.
- Material culture consists of the goods used to exhibit particular cultural behaviors.
- Cultural anthropologists and sociologists use material culture to understand a culture at large and archaeologists use digs to reveal the material culture of the past in order to learn more about life in that culture.
- Symbolic culture consists of the belief systems that found and motivate life in a particular culture.
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- The belief that culture can be passed from one person to another means that cultures, although bounded, can change.
- Prior to the introduction of the birth control pill, women were at a high risk of pregnancy as a result of sex.
- Fundamentally, although bounded, cultures can change.
- Cultural change can have many causes, including the environment, technological inventions, and contact with other cultures.
- The other is a reflection of his biology and his culture: he is human and belongs to a cultural group or sub-culture.
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- The belief that culture is symbolically coded and can thus be taught from one person to another means that cultures, although bounded, can change.
- Cultural change can have many causes, including: the environment, inventions, and contact with other cultures.
- Prior to the introduction of the birth control pill, women were at a high risk of pregnancy as a result of sex.
- For example, the ankh symbol originated in Egyptian culture but has diffused to numerous cultures.
- This alternative posits that culture and cultural works are collective, not individual, creations.
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- Youth subcultures that show a systematic hostility to the dominant culture are sometimes described as countercultures.
- It also studies the ways these same symbols are interpreted by members of the dominant culture.
- Early studies in youth culture were mainly produced by those interested in functional sociology and focus on youth as a single form of culture.
- In explaining the development of the culture, they utilized the concept of anomie - a lack of social norms.
- Certain crowds are found in many, even most, high schools across the United States, although the particular terms used by adolescents in them vary (nerds instead of geeks, goths instead of emos, etc.).
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- Members of the working class commonly have only a high school diploma, although some may have minimal college courses to their credit as well.
- Due to differences between middle and working-class cultures, working-class college students may face "culture shock" upon entering the post-secondary education system, with its "middle class" culture.
- Explain how differences in class culture may affect working-class students who enter the post-secondary education system
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- Prejudice is common against people who are members of an unfamiliar cultural group.
- Thus, certain types of education, contact, interactions, and building relationships with members of different cultural groups can reduce the tendency toward prejudice.
- In fact, simply imagining interacting with members of different cultural groups might affect prejudice.
- These beliefs persist despite a number of high profile examples to the contrary.
- Whether or not you agree with a stereotype, stereotypes are generally well-known within in a given culture.