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Part 3: Cultural Variation

What do we have in Common? Cultural Universals: common features found in all cultures 1940’s study results: Body adornment, cooking, dancing, family, feasting, forms of greeting, funeral ceremonies, gift giving, housing, language, medicine, music, myths/folklore, religion, sports and toolmaking

Ethnocentrism/Cultural Relativity The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture Culture Shock: Personal disorientation accompanying exposure to an unfamiliar way Cultural Relativity: The practice of evaluating any culture by its own standards

Subculture DEFINITION: cultural patterns that differentiate some segment of a society’s population Can be based on: Age, residence, sexual preference, ethnicity and occupation

Counterculture DEFINITION: cultural patterns that strongly oppose conventional culture Likely to question the morality of the majority group & to engage in some form of protest Examples: KKK Black Panthers Hippie Movement Feminists

Subculture or Counterculture?

Subculture or Counterculture?

Subculture or Counterculture?

Subculture or Counterculture?

Subculture or Counterculture?

Subculture or Counterculture?

Subculture or Counterculture?

Subculture or Counterculture?

Subculture or Counterculture?

Subculture or Counterculture?

Subculture or Counterculture?

Subculture or Counterculture?

Cultural Change Cultural change is continuous Cultural Lag: Cultural elements change at varying rates; often disrupts a cultural system

Cultural Change Causes of cultural change: Social Movements Invention/Technological Advances Population Changes Physical Environments Diffusion- Globalization