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

2. 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.

3. 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?

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

9. B) Popular Culture
Large, heterogeneous
MDC’s

10. C) Examples
1) Folk Music 2) Pop Music

11. Hip Hop/Rap

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

13. B) Popular Culture – Hierarchical Diffusion

14. C) Sports: Hierarchical Diffusion of Popular Culture (Self-notes)
1 - Soccer – Origin and Globalization
2 - Sports in Popular Culture
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