SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Binary Opposition, Flag Of Canada, Female Genital Mutilation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Liam Kilmurray

Document Summary

Components of culture: all cultures have common nonmaterial cultural components: 2: material culture: of all the physical or tangible creations that members of a society make, use, and share, non-material culture: consists of the abstract or intangible human creations of society that influence people"s behaviour. A central component of nonmaterial culture is beliefs: manifest and latent functions, manifest: tools cut, latent: tool technology establishes craft specialisation, guilds etc. Culture: the knowledge, language, values, customs and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society. Society: a large social grouping that occupies the same geographic territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Values: values: collective ideas about what is right or wrong, good or bad, and desirable or undesirable in a particular culture, elements: Criteria by which we evaluate others, objects, and events.