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Folk and Popular Culture: Habits, Customs, and Music

Explore the origins and diffusion of folk and popular culture, including their impact on identity, diversity, and globalized society. Discover the spread of Amish culture and the hierarchical diffusion of popular sports like soccer. Learn about the unique customs and music that shape different regions around the world.

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Folk and Popular Culture: Habits, Customs, and Music

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  1. Chapter 4:Folk and Popular Culture

  2. HABITS CUSTOMS CULTURE A repetitive act performed by a group to the extent that it becomes a characteristic of the group A repetitive act that an individual performs A group’s entire collection of customs. • Material Culture • Survival activities from one’s daily life • Food, clothing, shelter • Culture involving leisure activities • Arts and recreation

  3. Mali

  4. India

  5. China

  6. Japan

  7. Iceland

  8. Russia

  9. Kuwait

  10. South Africa

  11. The Philippines

  12. The United States

  13. Folk Culture vs. Popular Culture

  14. B/c of globalization, pop culture is becoming more dominant, threatening the survival of folk culture. • Folk culture provides a unique identity to each group who occupies a specific region of Earth. • Disappearance of folk culture lead to less diversity in the world, or a “uniform” cultural landscape

  15. Origins of Folk & Popular Music FOLK: • Usually (not always) composed anonymously and transmitted orally • May change from one generation to the next • Almost always derived from “everyday life” events experienced by the people of a certain cultural group • Farming • Life cycle events (marriage, birth, death) • Religious or mysterious events

  16. “Big Rock Candy Mountain”

  17. “Po’ Lazarus”

  18. “O Death”

  19. Origins of Folk & Popular Music POPULAR: • Written by specific individuals for purpose of selling it. • High degree of technical skill and sometimes can only be performed in a studio. • Originated around 1900 • Tin Pan Alley in NYC (printed music) • Diffusion began during WWII when music was broadcast worldwide by Armed Forces Radio Network wherever soldiers went. As a result, English became the international language for popular music.

  20. Origins of Folk & Popular Music POPULAR (cont’d): • Hip Hop- Originated in the South Bronx in the late 1970s • Low income African Americans & Puerto Ricans • Spread into other parts of NYC including Queens, Brooklyn, and Harlem • Diffused to major cities in South, Midwest, and West • Interplay between local diversity & globalization • Themes play on local references, but the music is distributed worldwide and purchased by mass amount of people • Technology today allows to rapid diffusion (iTunes)

  21. The Diffusion of Folk & Popular Culture

  22. Pop culture follows hierarchical diffusion from hearths. Examples… Hollywood for movies; Madison Ave, NY for advertising. Pop culture diffuses rapidly through the use of modern communication and transportation. Folk culture is transmitted through relocation diffusion It spreads from one location to another slowly and on a smaller scale.

  23. The Amish: Relocation Diffusion of Folk Culture How has Amish culture spread through relocation diffusion?

  24. Soccer: Hierarchical Diffusion of Popular Culture

  25. Began as a folk culture tradition • “Kick the Dane’s head” • Cow bladders • Medieval village games • 1800s- Rec clubs formed in Britain • Football Association formed in 1863, professional teams created • Exported around the world to other countries and colonies of the British Empire • Most popular in Europe & Latin America • U.S. adopted rugby rules, eventually adapted to American football

  26. Other Sports in Popular Culture • Each country has its own favorite sports. • Cricket in Britain • Football in U.S. • Hockey in Canada, Russia • Martial Arts in China • Willingness throughout the world to pay for the privilege of viewing, whether on TV or in person, events played by professional athletes. • The most viewed event in history is the World Cup soccer final every 4 years. • In the US, most viewed is the Super Bowl.

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