Cultures, Subcultures, and Countercultures: Crash Course Sociology #11

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What is culture? How do we define it and how does it change? We’ll explore different categories of culture, like low culture, high culture, and sub-cultures. We’ll also revisit our founding theories to consider both a structural functionalist and a conflict theory perspective on what cultures mean for society.

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  1. So in short, conflict theorists assume there is conflict where there might not be

    Structural functionalists actually try to see society from a useful, functional perspective.

    Chad vs. Virgin meme comes to mind.

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