7 Chapter 4: Folk and Popular Culture
Introducing: Folk and Popular Culture (p.108)
• Folk
• Popular
• space
• region
• landscapes
• diffusion
• scale
Key Issue 1: Where Are Folk and Popular Leisure Activities Distributed?
• culture defined…
• daily necessities
• leisure activités
• habit versus custom
• Origin
• Diffusion
• Distribution
• Culture Religon: Buddhists
• Culture Religion: Hindus
• Culture Religon: Muslims
• Culture Religion: Animists
• Folk Music
• Popular Music
• Origin and Diffusion of Popular Sports
• Origin of Soccer: Folk Culture
• Diffusion of Soccer: Popular Culture
• Olympic Sports
• Surviving Folk Sports
Key Issue 2: Where Are Folk and Popular Material Culture Distributed?
• material culture
• Folk Clothing Preferences
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• Rapid Diffusion of Popular Clothing Styles
• Occupation
• Income
• Folk and Popular Food Preferences
• Folk Food Customs and the Environment
• Food and Place: The Concept of Terroir
• Foods to Crave or Avoid
• Foods from a Garden: The Bostans of Istanbul
• Foods and the Environment
• Food Taboos
• Popular Food Culture
• Difference Among Countries
• Regional Differences Within the United States
• Wine Production: Environmental Factors
• Wine Production: Cultural Factors
• Distribution of Folk and Popular Housing
• Environmental Influences on Folk Housing
• Wood
• Brick
• Kashgar
• Turpan
• Yinchuan
• Dunhuang
• Sacred Spaces in Houses
• Figure 4-24
• U.S. Folk Housing
• Hearths of House Types
• Figure 4-25
• Middle Atlantic
• Lower Chesapeake/Tidewater
• New England
• U.S. Popular Housing
• Figure 4-26
• Documenting House Types through Fieldwork
Key Issue 3: Why Is Access to Folk and Popular Culture Unequal?
• diffuses
• Electronic Diffusion of Popular Culture
• Figure 4-28
• Diffusion of TV Mid-Twentieth Century
• Figure 4-31
• Diffusion of the Internet: Late Twentieth Century
• Figure 4-32
• Diffusion of Social Media: Twenty-First Century
• Diffusion of Facebook
• Diffusion of Twitter
• Figure 4-34
• Figure 4-36
• Diffusion of YouTube
• Challenges in Accessing Electronic Media
• External Threat: Developed Countries Control the Media
• Entertainment, or Cultural Imperialism
• News—Fair or Biased?
• news Coverage and Press Freedom
• Internal Threat: Social Media
• Limiting Access to TV
• Limiting Access to the Internet
• Figure 4-37
• Eluding Control: New Technologies and Social Media
Key Issue 4: Why Do Folk and Popular Culture Face Sustainability Challenges?
• maintaining identities
• The Amish: Preserving Cultural Identity
• Figure 4-39
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• Marriage in India: Challenging Cultural Values
• Sustainability Challenges for Popular Culture
• Landscape Pollution
• Uniform Landscapes
• Golf Courses
• Environmental Capacity
• Golf: Folk or Popular Culture
• Resource Depletion
• Demand for Animal Products
• Recycling of Resources
• Recycling Collection
• Figure 4-46
• Manufacturing
• Paper
• Plastic
• Glass
• Aluminum