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1 What is Culture?

2 Original Meanings s: Improvement as in Agriculture Horticulture Early 1800s: Individual refinement Later 1800s: National aspirations or ideals

3 Literature and art of highest regard
High Culture Literature and art of highest regard

4 In Anthropology 20th century: 1.Human experience expressed in symbols, language, and creative imagination. 2. Distinct ways people in different parts of the world represent experience and act creatively.

5 Comparative World Cultures

6 National and Corporate Cultures
Shared beliefs, behaviors, language, customs

7 High Culture vs. Low Culture
Read the novel! See the movie!

8 Classic Culture vs. Modern Culture
Classical musicians Classic Rock: Jimi Hendrix

9 Modern Culture to Mass Culture
The Scream Homer Simpson’s Scream

10 Mass Culture vs. Folk Culture

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