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What are the Local and Popular Cultures? (Popular Culture (Hierarchical…
What are the Local and Popular Cultures?
Popular Culture
Large
Incorporates heterogeneous populations
Typically urban
Experiences quickly changing cultural traits
Hierarchical diffusion- such as fashion trends spreading quickly.
Designer is the hearth, then models, then journalists.
Can change within a matter of days or hours
Both local and popular cultures are constantly navigating through a barrage of customs diffused from each other and across scales, through a complex of political and economic forces that shape and limit their practices.
Folk Culture
Definition
Cohesive in cultural traits
Incorporates a homogeneous population
Small
Limiting concept because it requires people to create a list of characteristics and look for cultures that meet that same expectation.
Local Culture
Group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a collective or a community.
Shares experiences, customs, traits
Works to preserve those traits and customs in order to claim uniqueness and to distinguish themselves from others.
Constantly redefining themselves based on interactions with other types of culture.
Establishes buildings such as neighborhood, churches, etc.
What members of a local culture produce in their material culture reflects the beliefs and values of their non-material culture.