Explain and briefly evaluate why high culture is seen as superior to low culture.

... Explain and briefly evaluate why high culture is seen as superior to low culture. Culture means the language, beliefs, shared customs, values, knowledge, skills, roles and norms in a society. It's the way of life of a social group or society. Culture is socially transmitted (passed on through socialisation). Many sociologists believe culture can be split into "high" and "law" and that thus high culture is superior to low culture. Other sociologists say that there's no such thing as low culture and thus say there is nothing to be superior of. Many sociologists say you can divide culture up into "high culture" and "low culture". The ("high culture") elite (better educated, with more money and power) tend to have a distinct culture from the masses ("low culture"). Shakespeare, opera, sophisticated restaurants and arty French films are the type of things that are associated with "high culture". Meanwhile, the masses enjoy low culture

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