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sociology
culture
Term | Definition |
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low culture | the cultureal behaviors and ideas that are popular with most people in a society |
high culture/popular culture | culture patters that distinguish a societs elite |
mainstream culture | the cultural pattern that are broadly in line with a society's cultural ideals and values |
subcultures | cultural patterns that set apart a segment of society population (some what follow society's ideas/values) |
ethnocentrism | judging one culture by the standards of another |
Afrocentrism | thought that re-centers historical and sociological study on the contributions of africans and african americans |
multiculturalism | a perspective that rather than seeing a society as a homogeneous culture, recognizes culture diversity while advocating for equal standing for all cultural traditions |
counter culture | push back on mainstream culture in an attempt to change the society functions |
cultural diffusion | how culture traist spread from one culturee to another |