Explain the following concept with suitable example : Cultural studies

1. Visual sociology is concerned with visual dimension of social life. 2. Visual sociology aims to normalize the use of visual imagery as a valid and relevant type of data for...

1. The term community denotes uniformly and permanently shared lives of people over a region.  2. When a group of people live in a definite territory to fulfil their common objectives...

1. They are generally known as standards of group behaviour. 2. It is related to conformity in society. Conformity gives stability to society and creates peace and order in society.  3. No...

1. An in-group can be defined as any group or category to which people feel they belong.  2. It compresses of everyone who is regarded as “we” or “us”.  3. An out-group is...

(i) The society is the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. The most important component of society is social relationships among people. (ii) For a relationship...

1. Kinship ties are connections between individuals, established either through marriage or through the lines of descent that connect blood relatives. 2. The family of birth is called the family of...

1. Endogamy denotes marriage within a culturally defined group. Example : caste, sect, tribe  2. Exogamy denotes marriage outside individual’s own group. Example : Gotra, Pravara, Sapinda

1. In hypergamy, a man marries a woman of a lower social status group or a woman marries a man of higher social group which elevates her position in society....

1. The material aspect of culture changes very fast. It is convenient to adapt to new fashion, eating habits, new technology.  2. On the other hand, non-material culture which is abstract,...