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09 17 2012 Chapter Three How do we communicate Behave Think society Subculture any group of people who s specialized values norms beliefs or use of material culture sets them apart from the other people in a Quantitative survey Ethnography qualitative research They emerge them self in whatever cultural group or surroundings Field work How do I wrap my head around the way people speak It sounds like nonsense and jibberish We are missing a key piece of the culture language Subculture has all of the characteristics of culture but on a smaller scale Look at things that are closer to the surface music Look at the gestures appearances what are their codes of behavior and what is their value and beliefs People who cant be themselves in the mainstream find a place in a subculture And that is how they interpret the world Mainstream is oppressive Subcultures To them life is boring and they cant express who they really are They look to the subcultures to be who they truly are they let out they true feelings If you get a buzz All of Chapter book notes Before online quiz Culture is on of the fundamental elements of social life 09 17 2012 What is culture aspect of social life Encompasses all of human civilization and touches on almost every Culture is the entire way of life of a group of people language and gestures to style of dress and standards of beauty from music Forms the basic beliefs and assumptions about the world and the way things work and defines good and bad Culture is learned rather than innate How has culture been studied Sociologist study things closer to hime othering studying the unusual extraordinary or deviant in cultural groups Horace Miner body ritual among the nacirema Material culture Symbolic culture Is any physical object to which we give social meaning Reflects tge ideas and beliefs of a group of people Specific rule or custom Communicate o Signs or symbols o Numbers and letters are the most common signs o Gestures clapping sugns that we can make with our body o Body language don t reguire any words o Language most iprotrant means of communication o Values set of shared beliefs Chapter 3 Heavy metal 09 17 2012 Anything that makes you stand out is what they seek Visually physically they try to go out of the norm The use of the word fuck Material cuture graphic gnarly imagery This all related to the values and beliefs Subcultures are formed to solve issues


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