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Cultural Geography
Chapter 4: Folk and Popular Culture
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
07/01/2013

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culture
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the body of material traits, customary beliefs, and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people
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elements of of material culture
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survival and leisure activities
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material culture can be divided into
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folk culture and popular culture
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habit
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repetitive act that a particular individual performed
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custom
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a repetitive act of a group
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folk culture
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traditionally practiced by small, isolated, homogeneous groups in rural areas
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popular culture
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characterized by large, heterogeneous groups of ppl who share common habits despite differences in other personal charactersitics
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what 2 aspects of culture are geographers interested in
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where cultures are located in space ie amrican culture
and how cultures interact with the environment ex san or bushmen ppl
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origin of folk culture
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has hearth area; originators unknown
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origin of popular culture
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hearth area comes from more developed countries (cause of disposable income and leisure time)
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origin of folk music
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chinese leegend; emperor huang ti and ling lun cut bamboo poles that would produce sound matching that of phoenix bird)
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origin of popular music
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not for enjoyment like folk music. it is written by specific individuals for the purpose of monetary gain
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diffusion of folk culture
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diffuses slowly primarily thru migration. at a smale scale. ie diffusion of amish culture
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diffusion of pop culture
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diffuses rapidly via hierarchical diffusion over large scale. ie sports
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