Chapter 4 Folk and Popular Culture Section 4-1 Key Question: Where do Folk and Popular Cultures Originate and Diffuse?

Key Points 1) Al Qaeda terrorists regard attacks against the USA as an attempt to withstand the onslaught of Western-dominated Culture. Not alone in their opposition.

Key Points Allow change in your own culture OR 2) Ways to React to a Different Culture: Allow change in your own culture OR Strongly Condemn the new culture Can there be another reaction?

Key Points 3) Culture Combines 3 things: V A L U E S POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS MATERIAL ARTIFACTS

Habit vs Custom: Habit Custom – a habit that a group of people have widely adopted. For Example: Men in many Middle Eastern countries hold hands as a sign of friendship.

A Culture (aka Material Culture) is a collection of social customs. Which country’s culture is shown here?

KEY ISSUE 1- Where do Folk and Popular Cultures Originate and Diffuse? I. ORIGIN A) Folk Cultures Small, homogenous Rural anonymous

What nationality are all of these people? Folk Culture Popular Culture PERU!

B) Popular Culture Large, heterogeneous MDC’s

C) Examples 1) Folk Music 2) Pop Music

Hip Hop/Rap

II. Diffusion of Folk and Popular Culture A) Folk Culture - Relocation Diffusion

B) Popular Culture – Hierarchical Diffusion

C) Sports: Hierarchical Diffusion of Popular Culture (Self-notes) 1 - Soccer – Origin and Globalization 2 - Sports in Popular Culture (pgs 118-120) The End