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folkways, term coined by William Graham Sumner Sumner, William Graham, 1840–1910, American sociologist and political economist, b. Paterson, N.J., grad. Yale, 1863, and studied in Germany, in Switzerland, and at Oxford. ..... Click the link for more information. in his treatise Folkways (1906) to denote those group habits that are common to a society or culture and are usually called customs custom, habitual group pattern of behavior that is transmitted from one generation to another and is not biologically determined. Since societies are perpetually changing, no matter how slowly, all customs are basically impermanent. ..... Click the link for more information. . The word provided a useful contribution to the development of the concept of culture culture, in anthropology, the integrated system of socially acquired values, beliefs, and rules of conduct which delimit the range of accepted behaviors in any given society. Cultural differences distinguish societies from one another. ..... Click the link for more information. and is still used in its technical sense in sociological literature. Fashions in clothing or modes of recreation exemplify folkways. The term has failed to maintain the currency it once enjoyed among the other social sciences but has gained acceptance as a colloquial term. See mores mores (môr`āz), concept developed by William Graham Sumner to designate those folkways that if violated, result in extreme ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I regret to report that the folkways of my native state continue to resist the injunctions of civics textbooks. Most of the once-traditional props of Jewish peoplehood in this country--large immigrant populations, neighborhoods, Yiddish-inflected folkways, a distinctive cuisine--have faded from the scene. Particularly pressing is her compilation of Afro-Cuban lore, El monte: igbo finda, ewe orisha, vititi nfinda (1954), a compendium of religious practice, gods, folkways, and ethnobotany, and a key text (perhaps the key text) in the santeria canon. |
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