Western
Culture
Review: Culture Overview
Review by Ruth Anderson
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1) What is culture?
– Common beliefs and social customs of a
group
– Shared values, beliefs and experiences of
a group
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2) What are some things that Western
countries have in common?
– materialistic standard of living for most.
– democratic, secular governments
– rule of law
– some expression of rights for citizens in law.
– moderate levels of education
– a similar, "modern" popular culture
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3) What are 3 categories of Culture?
– Trash Culture
– Popular Culture
– Elite/high Culture
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4) What does Trash culture often glorify?
– stupidity and lack of responsibility
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5) What behaviours will you find in Trash Culture?
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youth being very fashion focused
binge drinking
smoking
petty crime
organized crime
violence
homophobia: fear of homosexual people
racism
xenophobia: fear of strangers, people who aren’t like
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6) What is one of the meanings of Popular
Culture?
– 'work deliberately setting out to win favour
with the people'
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7) What might High Culture require?
– Concentration
– Intelligence or education (in the art itself) to
enjoy
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8) What are some examples of High
Culture in the West?
– ballet
– (Western) classical music
– theatre
– opera
– art
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