SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Making Money, Cultural Capital, Pierre Bourdieu
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Culture is a abstract concept: anthropology. Enormous definition, not really helpful: humanities. High culture the best that has been thought and known . Pop culture opposite, what most of the generation is now apart of. High culture ideal and best in society. Components include fine art, philosophy, classical music, ballet, opera. High culture you go see films, pop culture you go to the movies: sociology. Society culture symbol systems symbols. Encompasses everything that expresses our lives with each other. Communicate what our lives means to use through various forms of art. Language is one of the key aspects of culture; main way we communicate with each other. Cultural objects have meaning beyond their material reality e. g. dogs, tattoos. Behaviours take on particular meanings in particular social contexts. Cultural sociology describes and analyses these systems of meanings. Meaning systems don"t travel tattoos are different in north america then they may be to a maori from new zealand.
