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Culture. What is culture?. It consists of all the shared products of human groups Material Culture Nonmaterial Culture Society is a group of mutually interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and feeling of unity - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Culture
What is culture?It consists of all the shared products of human groups
Material CultureNonmaterial Culture
Society is a group of mutually interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and feeling of unity
Culture and society ARE NOT the same!!
Components of CultureSymbolsLanguageValuesNorms (folkways, mores, taboos, laws)
Breaking it down…FoodLanguageReligionEntertainmentClothing
EthnicTraditionStandard of LivingGovernmentEducation
Examining CultureCulture is DYNAMIC not static – it is always changing!Sociologists divide culture into three parts:
TraitsComplexesPatterns
Levels of Culture***Diagram on my website under CULTURE folder!
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