Culture is the shared characters of religion, language, symbols, values, norms, and routines of a specific group. With such a large concept like a culture, there’s bound to be more profound subgenres of cultures to better classify them. Subcultures are more compacted cultural groups within a vast culture. Subcultures can be formed from a person’s racial ethnicity or customs, and examples of subcultures can be Miami’s Cuban-American community to Greek Life on campus. Two of these many subcultures are high culture and low culture. When speaking of what defines high culture, the idea of expensive activities or objects that only a selected few with high resources can enjoy due to its authentic artistic expression is thought of; versus what one thinks in comparison to low culture, which is also known as pop culture. Pop culture is usually marketed …show more content…
A material culture is categorized as the belief that objects and physical things can hold meaning and worth; meanwhile a nonmaterial culture would hold the opposite belief, which is that attachments cannot be embodied into a physical object. For example, someone can be a minimalist, meaning they do not hold attachments to objects such as clothes or electronics, compared to a materialistic person, who’s household is littered with small trinkets that supposedly hold memories or meanings. Subconsciously, with a world that is full of cultures, there can be geographical locations that are filled with various cultures from people of other countries, such as the United States of America, which are even considered to be the Melting Pot of the World. A dominant culture is what is considered the most powerful culture in a location where there’s a multitude of them. For a country such as Mexico, the Catholic religion is a characteristic of the dominant culture of the
In Mexico, the primary religion is Roman Catholicism, one of the oldest religious institutions. Protestantism, a newer branch of Christianity, broke away from Catholicism during the Protestant Reformation when some Catholics disagreed with the way the Church was run. Even this religious disagreement dating back to the 16th century reflects the more rebellious atmosphere of California compared to Mexico. Rodriguez writes, “The Catholic—the Mexican— impulse was pushed back, vanquished by comedy; a Protestant conquest.” (17-19)
The Latinx Catholicism has been characterized by different rituals practiced at home and in their communities. These prayers have become significant for Latinx immigrants and specifically the symbol of the Virgen de Guadalupe. The
Growing up in Cuba, boys and girls were freely allowed to play with one another. Many girls would climb big trees to get fresh savory mangos. They would fall and scrape their knees while playing hide and seek and even play sports which were considered “manly”. Many girls preferred to work outside the house, they would perform jobs such as; repairing a broken fence or painting the house. Boys were never told not to play with the girls, in fact, they would also help out around the house and clean dishes after a meal.
The vast majority of the nation identifies as Roman Catholic, a form of Christianity with emphasis of worship towards the Virgin Mary, as she is seen as their patron saint and a symbol of unification to the country. It was officially reported that she came unto two men over 400 years ago and performed miracles, such as making flowers bloom in winter and lining their wool with gold. To this day the miracle is celebrated annually with prayers and thousands of pilgrims going to the Basilica de Guadalupe, where the event is said to have occurred. While the bulk of the country is Roman Catholic, it is reported that more urbanized cities have less religious practice and strictness than those that live in provincial parts of the country, but even then it is rare to find a part of Mexico that will not celebrate when a holiday comes about.
Because Catholicism was passed down for generations, the religion is now the most widely spread in all of the Hispanic
First of all, Family is first priority in Mexico, children are celebrated, the wifes fulfill domestic roles, & the mobility,which means families stay usually stay in one place. In the United States the family is second to work, children are independents, the wife often fills different roles, & mobility is common in america. The religion is a important part of Mexican Cuture mostly everyone believes in something. The most common is the Roman Catholic tradition, there
When studying a certain culture, the primary element that has the largest influence is the culture’s religion. Religion plays a central role in determining a general worldview, belief system, customs, traditions, etc.. This is especially true within Mexican culture as the religion, primarily Catholicism, has an enormous impact on the way of life and the practices of the Mexican people. Within Catholicism, the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe sparked a mass conversion in Mexico and became more than a religion. In this paper, I will argue how Our Lady of Guadalupe is not only religiously significant, but it is equally a national symbol among the Mexican people and serves as a cultural identity in which an entire country takes religious and
The world is in constant change and social changes are necessary in order to maintain a balance within social groups and communities. I am a 46 Mexican and as Mexican I can say that Mexican culture is full of beliefs and taboos. Gender, age, social class, language and spiritual practice have influenced my life. Mexican culture is one of the cultures with a marked gender inequality. Mexican culture is full of maleness.
Cultural influences people on how to communicate with one another and its methods of communication from one culture to another. Culture plays a significant role in intercultural communication. Cultural identity is an element in a person’s life when one understands their own culture, leading to an understanding and appreciation of other cultures as well. It promotes a vital part of communication between people who come from different cultures. This paper will examine my Mexican American cultural background and how it affects my way of communicating with others.
Mexican national culture slowly emerged from a process of accommodation between the indigenous cultures and the Spanish colonial domination that lasted three centuries (Zimmerman 2017). According to the CIA, around 82 percent of Mexicans identify themselves as Catholic. Family units are usually large, with traditional gender roles. When it comes to food and nutrition there are some foods that are embedded in the Mexican culture. Three products constitute the heart of most Mexican dishes: corn, hot peppers (chiles), and beans, products that stem from pre-Columbian times (Zimmerman 2017).
In mexico,The most dominant religion is Catholic Christianity. Mexico has about 82 percent of catholic people. Most Mexicans are Roman Catholic because when the Spanish colonized, they also brought over missionary priests to convert them (or, rather to force conversion upon them). Now, it is a tradition. Religious tradition is one of the strongest and most applied in the Mexican American community.
Subcultures are values and norms different from those of the majority and are held by a group within a wider society, these social groups are organized around shared interests and practices. A subculture is usually attached to clothes music and other visible fronts within the given community, that is part of the general society. Subcultures contain individuals who think alike who feel like they are not a part of the bigger culture of society and then create a sense of identity for themselves. The term Hip Hop is used as a subcultural movement. Scholars such as Carl and Virgil Taylor emphasize “Hip-Hop is not only a genre of music, but also a complex system of ideas, values and concepts that reflect newly emerging and ever-changing creative correlative expressive mechanisms including but not limited to song, poetry, film and fashion.”
Subculture is significant factor of urban setting. It related to urban culture, or rural culture, or the culture within middle class. The concept of the subculture means sub-division of a regional culture, subculture is combination of social situation between difference classes, personal background, religion and metropolitan, but its combination manner will impact on the participating individual. Green had make the clear point about ‘highly organized subcultures’ with the question: ‘since in the new generation no individual participates in exact cultural complex totally but fundamentally in series of residence groups according to sex, age class, carrier, nation, religion and race all somewhat differing norms and prospect of behavior –how do they organize in many difference ways to build varying background for individual reason of psychoneurotic trends?’ [Green 1946: 354]
Culture is not static, it changes as people and practices do. To define culture the many ideas and conventions of that constitute culture must be considered. The ideas of place, ideas, and the subcultures that impact contemporary culture are important to consider. Cultural studies takes into account the many facets of culture and utilizes these to answer questions concerning it. Questions can inquire about many aspects of culture.
Popular culture or pop culture is the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century. Heavily influenced by mass media, this collection of ideas permeates the everyday lives of the society. The most common pop culture categories are: entertainment, sports, news, politics, fashion/clothes, technology and slang. Popular culture is often viewed as being trivial and "dumbed down" in order to find consensual acceptance throughout the mainstream. As a result, it comes under heavy criticism from various non-mainstream sources which deem it superficial, consumerist, sensationalist, or corrupt.