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Cultural reproduction is the transmission of existing cultural values and norms from generation to generation.〔Glossary of Sociological Terms - School of Sociology and Anthropology - University of Canterbury - New Zealand, 1997〕 Cultural reproduction refers to the mechanisms by which continuity of cultural experience is sustained across time. Cultural reproduction often results in social reproduction, or the process of transferring aspects of society (such as class) from generation to generation.〔Bilton, Tony, Introductory Sociology (3rd ed) London, Macmillan, 1996〕 # Groups of people, notably social classes, act to reproduce the existing social structure to preserve their advantage 〔 # The processes of schooling in modern societies are among the main mechanisms of cultural reproduction, and do not operate solely through what is taught in courses of formal instruction.〔Giddens, Anthony. “Pierre Bourdieu” Polity Press, Vol. 581, 1997〕 Reproduction as it is applied to culture, is the process by which aspects of culture are passed on from person to person or from society to society.〔 There are a number of different ways in which this has happened. Historically, people have moved from different countries taking with them certain cultural norms and traditions. For centuries cultural reproduction has occurred in a profound way through a hidden agenda. Cultures transmit aspects of behavior which individuals learn in an informal way while they are out of the home. This interaction between individuals resulting in the transfer of accepted cultural norms, values, and information is accomplished through a process known as socialization. ==Methods of Cultural Reproduction== The method through which cultural reproduction is perpetuated varies by the socializing agent’s relative location, awareness, and intention to reproduce social or cultural norms. Enculturation can be described as "a partly conscious and partly unconscious learning experience when the older generation invites, induces, and compels the younger generation to adopt traditional ways of thinking and behaving".〔Learning Commons: What is Culture? http://www.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_culture/glossary/glossary-text.html〕 Although, in many ways Enculturation duplicates the norms and traditions of previous generations. The degree of similarity between the cultures of each successive generation through enculturation may vary. This concept could be demonstrated by the tendency of each successive generation to follow cultural norms such as transportation right of way. These expectations are set forth and replicated by the prior generation. There may be little if any empirical evidence supporting a choice of driving in one lane or another, yet with each new generation, the accepted norm of that individual’s culture is reinforced and perpetuated. Parents and educators prove to be two of the most influential enculturating forces of cultural reproduction.〔Gray, Ann, and Jim McGuigan, eds. Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader. London: Edward Arnold, 1993〕 Comparatively, diffusion is the dispersion of cultural norms and behaviors between otherwise unrelated groups or individuals. The integration of Chinese food or French linguistics into American culture represents this concept.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cultural reproduction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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