culture and identity

• culture is the shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that characterize a group or society
• ethnicity refers to an individual's cultural heritage and sense of belonging to a particular ethnic group
• identity refers to who we are as individuals and how we see ourselves within our social groups
• what is marxists beliefs about culture
• gender refers to the socially constructed roles, expectations, and identities associated with being male or female
• marxist believes that culture is used by those in power to maintain their dominance over others
• the dominant class uses its control over resources such as wealth, education, and media to shape culture and perpetuate inequality.
• marxist believes that culture is determined by economic factors such as class struggle between capitalists and workers.
• functionalism and culture
• the dominant ideology is used to maintain control over the working classes through false consciousness.
• subordinate classes may resist this influence through subcultures and counter-hegemonic movements.
• the dominant class uses its control over economic resources to shape culture and impose its values on subordinate classes
• culture can be seen as a tool of oppression, used to reinforce existing power structures and prevent challenges to them.