SOCI1513 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Cultural Universal, Sociology Of Culture, Cultural Anthropology
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The sociology of culture concerns culture-usually understood as the ensemble of symbolic codes used by a society-as it is manifested in society. The elements of culture include symbols; language; values beliefs; and norms. While these elements of culture may be seen in various contexts over time and across geography, a cultural universal is an element, pattern, trait, or institution that is common to all human cultures worldwide. Taken together, the whole body of cultural universals is known as the human condition. Among the cultural universals listed by donald brown are abstract speech, figurative speech and metaphors, antonyms and synonyms, and units of time. In states marked dark blue, first-cousin marriage is legal. Light blue signifies that it is legal but has restrictions or exceptions. Pink signifies that it is banned with exceptions; red signifies that it is banned via statute, and dark red signifies that it is a criminal offense.
