Explain the difference between "culture" and "cultural grouping".

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"Culture" is the pattern of values, beliefs, symbols, norms, and behaviors shared by an identifiable group of individuals. "Cultural grouping" can refuter to ethnicity, interest grouping, age group, or even socioeconomic class. In short, any symbol system that is "bounded and salient" to individuals may be termed a culture.

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Resignifying “race” as “culture” is problematic because

a. it ignores how class intersects with racial hierarchy. b. it assumes that cultural differences are the cause of racial disparity. c. it ignores how cultural differences are disappearing in the context of globalization. d. it assumes that everyone belongs to the same culture.

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The kind of critical analysis you do often defines the audience who will read your analysis

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It is possible to manipulate a viewer’s perception by precise, calculated

applications of aesthetic principles

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