Psychosocial Approaches to Everyday Cultures

PSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACHES TO EVERYDAY CULTURES

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INTRODUCTION

To define culture is not easy because culture means different things to different people . Hence there many definitions of culture as there are many different cultures in the World . Anthropologists define culture as social behaviour of human beings . To others dance , music , theatre artifacts and fashion constitute culture

On the other hand , fashion is a style characteristic of the social elite and is mainly associated with social class and is highly

dynamic . Hence fashion should be in current mode for instance a garment . Fashion style , vogue or even mode are used interchangeably to refer to a type of dress , behaviour , adornment or a way of life at a given time span . In broadest terms fashion usually refers to conventions which are generally accepted by a society or by any culture or even a subculture . Style like mode often stresses the adherence to standards and elegance and should be socially accepted . For instance miniskirts were the mode in the late sixties . Vogue is applied to style or fashion that prevails widely but often suggests enthusiastic but short lived acceptance (The American heritage 2003

Wilson , further states that fashion is always in a continual change and sets the terms for all sartorial behaviour (Wilson 2003 . The importance of fashion can never be overemphasized in the current world since fashion now is always around us from media to our daily lives in clothing and even automobile...