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CHAPTER 4 - Folk v Popular culture

CHAPTER 4 - Folk v Popular culture. I. Define popular and folk culture Characteristics Folk Pop Rural urban Tradition fad Conservative innovative Handmade mass produced Spread slowly spread rapidly Small in area larger area Barter money economy.

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CHAPTER 4 - Folk v Popular culture

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  1. CHAPTER 4 - Folk v Popular culture • I. Define popular and folk culture • Characteristics • FolkPop • Rural urban • Tradition fad • Conservative innovative • Handmade mass produced • Spread slowly spread rapidly • Small in area larger area • Barter money economy

  2. B. Material and nonmaterial culture 1. Material 2. Non-material

  3. Diffusion and Distribution • A. Folk • Hearth • Diffusion – Amish

  4. Pop Diffusion • Origin (hearth) • Diffusion – hierarchical Modern technology 1995- 40 million internet users Today – 800 million

  5. TV/Internet

  6. Wal-Mart stores • Diffused from Arkansas base - contagious pattern • Reverse hierarchical diffusion - Initially chose smaller towns and markets • Later spread into cities • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGzHBtoVvpc

  7. Folk Landscapes • Architecture • Building materials • Climate • Orientation

  8. Folk architecture 1. Environment

  9. 2. Building materials

  10. 3. Orientation

  11. 4. US FORMS Dogtrot house Shotgun house I house

  12. Diffusion of House Types

  13. B. Culture Regions

  14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYef9JOeB1g Mardi Gras Indians

  15. LYRICS - -Iko Iko Look at my King all dressed in red Iko! Iko! an de' I bet you 5 dollars, he kill you dead! Jackomo fe nan e' Takin bout ..... hey now, hey now Iko! Iko! an de' Jackomo fe no a na nae' , Jackomo fe na ne' My flagboy and your flagboy, sittin by the fire, My flagboy told your flagboy, I'm going to set your flag on fire, Takin bout ..... hey now, hey now Iko! Iko! an de' Jackomo fe no a na nae' , Jackomo fe na ne'

  16. Pop culture landscapes • A. Architecture

  17. B. Pop culture landscapes • Placelessness • Landscapes of consumption • Leisure landscapes

  18. V. Impacts of the Globalization of Popular Culture A. Threats to folk culture • Loss of traditional values • Foreign media dominance B. Threats to popular culture • Environmental • Homogeneity v. fragmentationd

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