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FOLK VS POPULAR CULTURE
AIM: HOW DO WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN POP AND FOLK CULTURE?
Do Now (11/18): What is culture? Come up with three examples of culture.
SWBAT compare and contrast folk and pop culture
SWBAT understand threats to folk culture
SWBAT describe the folk culture of the Amish and evaluate their ability to maintain their culture in the globalized world
BREAKING DOWN CULTURE Material Culture: objects or things made
and used by group membersTANGIBLE things: art, clothing, musical
instruments, buildings, etc Nonmaterial culture: beliefs, values, etc
FOLK CULTURE passed on for generations Practiced by small, homogeneous
groups living in rural/isolated areas Values tradition, community, and
“the old way” Strong Clan Structures
Associated with a sense of place Generally self-sufficient
FOLK CULTURE EXAMPLES: Amish food and building techniques Native American traditions and religions Bluegrass music Wearing the Sari in India Native Hawaiian Culture Folklore: oral stories passed down
POPULAR CULTURE
WHAT IS POPULAR CULTURE? Urban hearth Mass produced Relationships more numerous, but less
personal Weaker clan network
Secular institutions take place of maintaining order
Individualism stressed Influence of mass media
AIM: HOW DO FOLK CULTURES SURVIVE? Do Now (11/19):BUBBLE SHEETS classify the following as material and
nonmaterial culture men being perceived as more powerful
than women Democratic gov Different types of Houses
SYNCRETISM The melding of a newer culture with a
folk culture How are the Amish an example of this?
FOLK MUSIC VS POP MUSIC
Folk Music Pop Music
Generally transmitted orally
Focuses on daily activities
Created with a consumer purpose
Originated in early 1900s with vaudeville/ minstrel shows
Diffused rapidly with radio
English=international language
MINSTREL/ VAUDEVILLE SHOWS 1830’s white men dressed in blackface
to imitate/parody black music, dance, and culture
After the civil war black men participated in minstrel shows
Some of the first popular songs Originated here like “Oh, Susannah”
MINSTREL SHOWS CONTINUED
Come listen all you galls and boys
I'se jist from Tuckyhoe,I'm goin to sing a little
song,My name is Jim CrowFist on de heel tap,
Den on the toeEbry time I weel about
I jump Jim Crow.Weel about and turn about
En do jus so,And every time I weel
about,I jump Jim Crow.
FOLK MUSIC: TRANSLATED VERSION OF SHOSHOLAZA, A SOUTH AFRICAN FOLK SONG
Go forwardGo forwardfrom those mountainson this train from South AfricaGo forwardGo forwardYou are running awayYou are running awayfrom those mountainson this train from South Africa
FOLK MUSIC: APPALACHIAN MUSIC Borrows heavily from African-Americans Hearth: Appalachian region Country music originates here and
becomes pop culture
K-POP BAND EXO
KEY TERMS Cultural trait: single attribute of a
cultureBowing to show respectNot always unique to one culture
Culture complex: combination of all culture traitsNo two cultures have the same complex
Culture regions: regions that include places and people with similar culturesBounded by perception
CULTURAL CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE Cultural convergence: two cultures
adopt each other’s traits and become more alike
Cultural divergence: occurs when two cultures become increasingly differentOften occurs when one group moves away
ACCULTURATION AND ASSIMILATION Acculturation: Occurs when two cultures
come into contact with one another and the “weaker” of the two adopts traits from the more dominant culture
Assimilation: When the original traits of the weaker culture are completely replaced by more dominant cultureSometimes acculturation leads to
assimilation