Studying Diversity and Sharing in Culture
An Example of Lifestyle in Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2983181 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W W Dressler (0000-0001-7892-2652), Mauro Campos Balieiro (0000-0002-1546-5877) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 331-353 |
| Publication date | 1996-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7710 • E-ISSN: 2153-3806 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/jar.52.3.3630088 |
| OpenAlex | W2283601517 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 21 |
The structure and distribution of cultural models within social groups have been studied in a variety of domains, using a variety of methods. In this article we examine cultural models of lifestyle in Brazil; here, lifestyle is defined as the accumulation of consumer goods and the adoption of behaviors that help to define one's social identity. Three issues are examined: (1) the structure and distribution of models of culturally appropriate lifestyles; (2) the association of these cultural models with actual behaviors, along with those factors that promote or inhibit adhering to the cultural ideal; and (3) the utility of using the Romney-Weller-Batchelder cultural consensus model for studying lifestyles. Results indicate that cultural models of lifestyle are highly structured and widely shared across socio-economic groups. Furthermore, a variety of economic, social, and psychological variables influence the individual's approximation to the cultural ideal. These results indicate that the extent to which cultural meaning systems are shared must be determined empirically and that both group-level and individual-level variability must be taken into account. The methods used here may prove useful in the investigation of a variety of cultural domains
Aesthetics · Cultural diversity · Cultural group selection · Cultural identity · Distribution (mathematics) · Diversity (politics) · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Ideal (ethics) · Identity (music) · Meaning (existential) · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Anthropology · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Mathematics · Psychology · Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods · Social Psychology
Vida familiar
Meaning and Structure in Research in Medical Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
What's Cultural about Biocultural Research
Consonancia cultural»
Principles of Social Psychiatry
Culture, skin color, and arterial blood pressure in Brazil
Women, Birth Practitioners, and Models of Pregnancy and Birth—Does Consensus Exist
Evaluating consistency in typology and classification
A Study on Body Composition, Blood Pressure and Blood Sugar Levels Among Bengali Hindu and Santals Using Cultural Consonance Model
Predicting Leisure Satisfaction in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Brazil
Cultural consonance and adult body composition in urban Brazil
Legitimate suffering
Body fat patterning and blood pressure levels
Cultural consonance and psychological distress
Ethnicity as a Variable in Leisure Research
Ethnicity as a Construct in Leisure Research
A review of consensus analysis methods in consumer culture, organizational culture and national culture research
Intracultural Diversity in Food Knowledge in Southern Brazil
Social and cultural dimensions of hypertension in Brazil
Culture-Bearing Units and the Units of Culture
Consensus, Clines, and Edges in Celtic Cultures
A prospective study of cultural consonance and depressive symptoms in urban Brazil
Cultural consonance and arterial blood pressure in urban Brazil
How religious status shapes psychological well-being
Culture, Socioeconomic Status, and Physical and Mental Health in Brazil
The Health Consequences of Cultural Consonance
Cultural and Behavioral Consonance in a Tlaxcalan Festival System
Using Scenarios to Construct Models of Identity in Multiethnic Settings
Does perceived stress mediate the effect of cultural consonance on depression
Culture as a Mediator of Health Disparities
Culture and behavior
The Myth of Marginality
Death Without Weeping
Distinction
The Myth of Marginality
Modal Responses and Cultural Expertise
An Anthropology of Anthropology
Migration and Adaptation
Culture Sharing Across Gender Lines
Theories of Culture
Income Distribution in the Third World
Modernization in a Mexican Ejido
Autoconstruction in Working-Class Brazil
Architectural Conspicuous Consumption and Economic Change in the Andes 845
Arterial Blood Pressure and Modernization in Brazil
Culture as Consensus
Cultural Sharing and Cultural Theory
Acculturation, Self-Identification, and Personality Adjustment1
Perspectives on Consumer Culture
Culture as "Tokens" and as "Guides
Anthropology and Brazilian Society
The social space and the genesis of groups
| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2025 (28) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |