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Chapter 4

Chapter 4. Key Issue 1 Where do Folk and Popular Cultures Originate and Diffuse. Where do folk and popular culture originate and diffuse. Origin of folk and popular culture Diffusion of folk and popular culture. Origin of Folk Culture. Social custom originates at the hearth

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Chapter 4

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  1. Chapter 4 Key Issue 1 Where do Folk and Popular Cultures Originate and Diffuse

  2. Where do folk and popular culture originate and diffuse • Origin of folk and popular culture • Diffusion of folk and popular culture

  3. Origin of Folk Culture • Social custom originates at the hearth • Folk customs: anonymous hearths • Unknown dates, originators • Multiple hearths

  4. Origin of Popular Cultures • Product of MDCs • North America, Western Europe, Japan • Arise from advances in technology & increased leisure time • Reproduction of objects in large quantity • CDs, T-shirts, Pizza

  5. Origin of Folk Music • Chinese Legend • Music invented in 2697 BC • Cut bamboo poles to match sound of birds • Songs • Events in daily life • Familiar to people in that region

  6. Folk Culture • Folk Songs • Tell a story or information • Farming, life-cycle, natural events • Vietnam Song about Agriculture • “ While seedlings for the summer crop are not old when they are three months of age…”

  7. Origin of Popular Music • Written by individuals for the purpose of being sold to a large amount of people • Originated 1900 • Music Hall in UK & Vaudeville in US • Vaudeville • Music Industry, New York  Tin Pan Alley • Song writers, music publishers, orchestrators

  8. Popular Music • Diffusion worldwide during WWII • Armed Forces Radio Network • Broadcast music to soldiers • English became international language for popular music

  9. Diffusion of Folk and Popular Cultures • Diffusion of popular culture • Hierarchical Diffusion from hearths • Hollywood, CA: film • Diffusion of folk culture • Slower, smaller scale • Migration: relocation diffusion

  10. Diffusion • Folk Culture: Amish • Popular Culture: Sports

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