Ch. 4 NOTES

- customs have anonymous hearths, originating from anonymous sources, at unknown dates, through unidentified originators

folk customs

- culture is most often a product of the economically more developed countries , especially North America, Western Europe, and Japan

populare culture

popular music as we know it today originated around -

1900

where was the music industry developed?

in new york, along 28th street between 5th avenue and 6th avenue (now the avenue of the americas)

the are where avenue of the americas is today was once called

tin pan alley

the diffusion of American popular music worldwide began in earnest during -

WWII

this many came up with the definition for material culture

Carl Sauer

makes popular culture more widespread, reduces local diversity in smaller isolated regions

globalization

the dominance of popular culture is hazardous to -

environment

In what year did music originate?

2697 B.C.

how did huang ti start music?

he sent his servant to cut bamboo poles that would produce a sound matching phoenix bird

farmers that make their own food/clothing

substance farmers

the first music produced in Tin Pan Alley

music b/c they have piano, not records

variety shows , variety of entertainment

vaudeville

what was the cause of the name Tin Pan Alley?

sounds of piano

where did hip hop originate from?

South Bronx

who designed the first jeans?

Levi Strauss

what year did he design his jeans?

1890's

what were characteristics of the first jean?

button-fly, influenced for works, made out of tent canvas

button on side of jean , used on tents

rivet

in popular culture, differences from place to place are common

false

in popular culture, there are differences ______________

at once place over time

Food: franchises, cargo planes, superhighway and freezer trucks, have eliminated much ____

local variation

there are substantial food variations by -

ethnicity

why is there a higher percentage of internet users in other countries?

bc we have older people

stable and close not, rural, tradition controls, resistance to change, building erected w/o architecture blueprint using locally available building materials, anonymous origins diffuses slowsly through migration, develops over time. clustered distribution: isolation/lack of interaction breed uniqueness and ties to physical environment

folk culture

why do the Dutch wear wooden shoes?

bc waterproof when it rains

He held the belief that society will overcome the environment.

vidal de la blache

Tibetan Buddhists' masks loook like

Scream

Muslim taboo

no human beings figures

what soup has beets and cabbage?

borschque

effects on landscape, usually of - scale and scope

limited

historically created from local materials: wood, bricks, stone, skins, often uniquely and traditionally arranged; always functionallly tied to physical environment

dwellings

geographer believed cultural landscape over tradition ex. Raising houses bc of flood

jean brunhes

geographer believed the house was a good reflection of cultural heritage

fred kniffen

4 parts that house types come from:

New English, Mid atlantic, Cheseapake, Tidewater

Modern style U.S. houses:

minimal tradition, ranch, split-level contemporary

Neo-Eclectic, since what year?

1960

Jews don't eat meat based on

1) if they eat cud
2) cloven feet

Muslims don't eat

pork

Hindus don't eat

cows

Years of modern houses

1945-1960

years of neo-eclectic houses

1960-present

min. traditional, ranch, split-level, contemporary, shed

modern

mansard, neo-tudor, neo-french, neo-colonial

neo-eclectic houses

examples of tourism gimmicks

mexican mariachies, polynesian navigators, cruise line simulators

-,-,and - dominate worldwide media

U.S., Britain, and Japan