Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Wedgie, Argot, Cultural Practice

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1020
• Professor: Anisha Datta

Document Summary

Collective conceptions of what is good, desirable, and proper or bad, undesirable, and improper in a culture. People(cid:859)s (cid:448)alues (cid:373)ay differ a(cid:272)(cid:272)ordi(cid:374)g to su(cid:272)h fa(cid:272)tors as their age, ge(cid:374)der, regio(cid:374), eth(cid:374)i(cid:272) background, and language. Cultural traits want to stabilize a culture a homemaker mom, a wage earner dad. Cultural practice persists if it performs a function society needs wage earning [mom + dad] the dual income necessity. Describes the set of cultural beliefs and practices that help to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests. Control wealth and property, and the means of producing beliefs about reality: e. g. religion, education, the media. The dominant ideology has major social significance. Helps to maintain existing social structure (power inequality and socio-economic inequality). Examine cultural practices from a micro perspective (shopping at malls) in order to understand larger macro phenomenon (rise of a consumer culture in late capitalism)