Women's Studies 2270A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Sut Jhally, Raymond Williams, Afro
20 Feb 2018
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Society: 3 requirements to be considered a society, 1. Shares the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations: when you travel to a different country you quickly learn what is accepted and not accepted. What it means to be canadian: polite, nice, eh", etc, we are a combo of nature and nurture, nature: biological and genetic makeup, nurture: product of the social environment, ex. Eating breakfast in the morning: nature: you eat because you are hungry, nurture: what you choose to have for breakfast (canadian vs. a. In communist countries, lack of freedom relates to lack of consumption: this is expressed in advertising, when you ask people what will make them happy, they respond with non- material, social values, ex. It affects how we talk, dress, act: ex. we ask for a kleenex not a facial tissue, products become part of our belief system, adjust how we see the world.
