Sociology › Section C · Culture › Topic C.3
Pop culture, subcultures, countercultures, and change
No culture is one solid block. Inside every society there are elite tastes and mass entertainment, groups with styles of their own and groups in open revolt, and the whole mix keeps shifting as new ideas and objects arrive and spread.
In this topic
- Variety inside one culture
- High, low and popular culture
- Bourdieu's cultural capital
- Subcultures
- Countercultures
- Worked example: hip hop's journey
- Innovation and diffusion
- Cultural lag
- Globalisation and culture
- Worked example: phones in the classroom
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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