Exam 13: Arts, Media, and Sports

U.S. popular culture has moved from a preoccupation with class differences to a tendency to deny or ignore their existence. The narratives we see on screen and in print today often present homogenized upper-middle-class lifestyles in which social diversity is minimized and the economic underpinnings of class are ignored.

In Western societies, the standards for artistic completeness and mastery are maintained in large part by critics, specialists, and experts.

The study of television's impact on people's behavior, attitudes, and values is the domain of sociologists, not anthropologists.

Catharsis is an intense emotional release.

Cultural values, social forces, and the media influence international sports success.

In general, folk art is much less symbolic than the artistic expression of full-time artists.

Found in a cave in Slovenia, the oldest known musical instrument, the "Divje babe flute," dates back more than

Among the Kalabari, wood sculptures represent the highest form of purely artistic representation of loved ones.