SOC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cultural Turn, Cultural Relativism, Semiotics
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Know what culture consists of and recognize how it differs from society. Learn about the cultural turn and sociological perspectives on culture. Understand the processes that changed societies over time. Recognize the legacies of colonialism and the effects of globalization on your own life and the lives of people around the world. Understand the debate over the influence of biological and cultural factors on behavior. Learn how the internet and global culture influence local cultures. Culture: the values, norms, and material culture characteristic of a given group. Like the concept of society, he notion of culture is widely used in sociology and the other social sciences. Culture is one of the most distinctive properties of human social association. Cultural universals: values or modes of behavior shared by all human cultures. Marriage: a socially approved sexual relationship between two individuals. Marriage almost always involves two person of opposite sexes.
