SOSA 1200X Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Culture Industry, Female Genital Mutilation, Norm (Social)

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Soc & Social Anthropology
• Course: SOSA 1200X
• Professor: Christopher Helland

Document Summary

Intro + chpt 1 sociology as a life or death issue. Tyler defined culture as that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs, and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of so city (1871) There are in fact a number of definitions of culture - each with its own relevance and focus. Art and artistic representation politics, society; why are some important (valuable) Geertz (anthropologist) stated that culture is simply the ensemble of stories we tell ourselves about ourselves . Rituals, religion (why you matter, where you come from) Implications of trying to conform cultural groups to the norm are tremendous; our whatever are better the people believed they were helping them. Culture is the norms, values, ideas and ways of doing things in a particular society. Material culture (attributes): the whole range of objects made and used by a particular group of people.