1 / 4

Chapter 4

Chapter 4. An Introduction to Human Geography The Cultural Landscape, 8e James M. Rubenstein. Folk and Popular Culture. PPT by Abe Goldman. What is culture?. From the Latin word, cultus , which means “to care for” which implies:

aglaia
Download Presentation

Chapter 4

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Chapter 4 An Introduction to Human Geography The Cultural Landscape, 8e James M. Rubenstein Folk and Popular Culture PPT by Abe Goldman

  2. What is culture? • From the Latin word, cultus, which means “to care for” which implies: • “to take care of” (cultivate)… material wealth including food, clothing, shelter, expressions of art, history and folklore • “to care about” (cult)… customary ideas, beliefs, communication, attitudes, perceptions and values derived from language, religion and ethnicity • The body of customary beliefs, values, material traits and social and political institutions that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people

  3. Culture is like an iceberg LANGUAGE HOLIDAYS ARTS HISTORY FOODS FOLKLORE COMMUNICATIONS BELIEFS ATTITUDES VALUES PERCEPTIONS

  4. CULTURE CONFLICT? • Often occurs because of violation of an unspoken and unseen culture norm of the group • Some aspects of culture are not readily perceived by those outside the culture group

More Related