San Francisco, California
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Components of Culture in San Francisco- Social Class range from Lower Lower to Upper Upper.
- High rise apartment complexes, to suburban houses, built and sold by developers - Highly populated areas to low populated areas - Located by the waters edge - populated with media, advertisements, and shopping - Highly Industrialized and polluted. - Highly Educated individuals in academics, low education in the field of survival. - Many modes of transportation, cars, motorcycles, trains, boats, airplanes, taxis, and buses - Sports and business orientated society. - Food is purchased at grocery stores or restaurants - Fire services, police services, medical services are easily accessible - Recreational activities preformed, entertainment, relaxation, laid back society. - Clothing must be worn, t-shirt/sweater and jeans/shorts for moderate clothing and Formal wear must be worn when in the business environment. |
Throughout the documentary, these cultural Folkways, Mores, and Taboos were noticed:
Folkways
Early Life:
- Babies are bottle or breast fed, not in public, usually done inside ones house or in the bathrooms.
- Hospitalization of mother hours before, the birth of the baby, and once the baby is born he or she is kept in the hospital one or more days after.
- Babies are swaddled in blankets and kept at a comfortable temperature as well as a quiet, safe area, after they are cleaned off, weighed, and checked.
- Kept clothed most often at home and always when going outside.
- Most of the time is spent inside with a one to one person interaction, most often parent or family member.
- Activities are often done with close contact of parents for protection and safety, activities would be participated at parks, playgrounds, school, classes, in the backyard, or at babysitters.
- Babies are not allowed to put their hands in their mouths, or chew on things that they find lying around
- Technology plays a part in the babies life.
- Bathed/dressed everyday by parents.
Toddler to Child Life:
- Children are often put into day care facilities in order for the parents to continue working.
- Children are educated through formal schooling, where the child is most often sent to a facility where teachers are paid to teach the child
- Often participate in recreational activities (Sports. dance, or music). - Child was being taught eating manors.
Mores
Early Life
- When the Baby falls, the parents are always there to help.
- Babies are not allowed to hit, and no punishment is done when the baby does hit, rather a story is told.
- The baby is not left alone at home and is consistently watched by the parents
- Baby was taken home and transported in a car, in the baby seat.
Toddler/Childhood Life:
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- When the Baby falls, the parents are always there to help.
- Babies are not allowed to hit, and no punishment is done when the baby does hit, rather a story is told.
- The baby is not left alone at home and is consistently watched by the parents
- Baby was taken home and transported in a car, in the baby seat.
Toddler/Childhood Life:
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