Thursday, March 10, 2011
What's YOUR Subculture?
Earlier this week in class we discussed subcultures and how we are all a part of many different subcultures, whether it's the school we go to, our religion, or our community; we all make up a subculture. For example, i discovered just like our school has its own folkways, values, and mores i commonly share some with the school and have a combination of others due to my religion, ethnicity, and region. For example, my material culture connects with the school- Uggs, school apparel, Northfaces, and I also realized that due to our region we have different material cultures for each season with fashion fads that come with each. An example is gladiator sandals for the summer, and Uggs for the winter. Some mores of mine include going to college, influenced by family and friends and the school environment. Folkways I share in common with my community is silly, apparent,"haunted" areas in the community, and from Christianity people think we go to church every Sunday. Unique words I share in common with my community of course is the names of our towns, nick-names that come up with the schools around us, our school mascots. Finally, I found that I share common values with my classmates, which isn't something peculiar; however due to our community it shapes us that way and makes us a subculture using everyone in our school and community. For example, everyone has the value of going to school to get good grades to go to a decent college he/she is happy with. We were all raised that way, and go to a school that influences those morals on us.
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