SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Foodie, Stereotype Threat, French Cuisine
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Sociology provides a unique perspective through different theories. Culture refers to the symbolic and learned aspects of human society. It is the sum of traditions, practices, languages, symbols, beliefs, values, ideologies and material objects that create a sense of similarity amongst a group of people. Commonsense notions of culture in north america. High culture is the sum of traditions, practices, languages, symbols, values, ideologies and material objects that are associated with the upper class. Judged in relation to the majority culture, aka the popular culture. Since it"s a valuable possession, only a small amount of people can possess it. If too many people have it, won"t be high culture anymore. Ethnic culture is the sum of traditions, practices, languages, symbols, values, ideologies and material objects that are associated with a cultural minority group. Judged in relation to, or often from, the perspective that majority ethnic culture is, known as ethnocentrism.
