Sociology A-Level
Folk culture
What Folk culture means in Sociology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Folk culture
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Reference: AQA
Traditional, authentic practices created by local communities rather than being mass-produced, passed down through generations.
Topics that use Folk culture
- Culture and Identity (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Mass culture
- Socialisation and Identity Formation
- Structuralism versus Interactionism
- High culture
- Popular culture
- Power and Inequality
- The Social Construction of Reality
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