Traditional/Indigenous/Folk Cultures
TWO GOALS (ways to preserve local culture)
Keep your members! Keep outside people/customs out
Folklore
Paul Bunyan, Iron John, Brer Rabbit stories
local culture
a group of people in a particular place who share experiences, customs, and traits. They work to preserve these differences and distance themselves from others
stable
change happens very slowly
folk medicine
chicken noodle soup
Folk food
crab cakes, fried green tomatoes, Boston baked beans
small
each culture has a small number of followers
folk games
jumprope, hopscotch, patty cake
rural
located far away from cities
Assimilation
loss of unique cultural traits & a blending into the dominant culture
homogeneous
mostly the same people participate
Cultural appropriation
process by which cultures adapt customs & knowledge from other cultures & use them for their own benefit
commodification
process through which something not intended to be bought/sold becomes something to be bought/sold (groups can sell clothing/jewelry/handicrafts/beliefs/games)
authenticity
real; questions about this come up when you are selling culture many people want to purchase a stereotype rather than the more complex reality!
folk songs
she'll be comin round the mountain, yankee doodle, amazing grace
remnants
we only have __________ of these cultures left in the US