2. Culture & Subculture (Part 2)

high culture

cultural patterns of a society’s elite, examples: opera, ballet, classical music, and polo

low culture

cultural patterns that appeal to most people in a society, also know as popular culture

mainstream culture

the culture that is held by or seems the most “normal” to a large amount of people that live in a society

ethnocentrism

an attitude that one's own culture is superior to another, examples: winter break surrounding Christmas or everyone should speak English

folk culture

traditional practices, customs, and expressions of a particular community that are passed down through generations, examples: Maple Sunday, fairy tales, quilt patterns

subcultures

groups that develop their own values, norms, and lifestyles that differ from mainstream society, examples: gamers, goth, brain rot, Amish

counterculture

group whose values norms and typical behaviors actively oppose those of the dominant culture around them, examples: hippies, punks, #MeToo, and Black Lives Matter