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The dominant culture is a culture that is the most powerful, widespread, or influential within a social or political entity in which multiple cultures are present. In a society refers to the established language, religion, values, rituals, and social customs. These traits are often the norm for the society as a whole. The dominant culture is usually, but not always, in the majority and achieves its dominance by controlling social institutions such as communication, educational institutions, artistic expression, law, political process, and business. The culture that is dominant within a particular geopolitical region can change over time in response to internal or external factors, but one is usually very resilient and able to reproduce itself effectively from generation to generation. The concept of "dominant culture" is generally used in academic discourse in fields such as sociology, anthropology and cultural studies.^[1] In a multicultural society, various cultures are celebrated and respected equally. Dominant culture can be promoted with deliberation and by the suppression of other cultures or Subculture.

Examples and applications

Native American studies

In the United States, a distinction is often made between the indigenous culture of Native Americans, and a dominant culture that may be described as "Anglo", "white", "middle class", and so on. Some Native Americans are seen as being part of the culture of their own tribe, community, or family, while simultaneously participating in the dominant culture of America as a whole.^[2]

Other American groups

Ethnic groups are said to exist in the United States in relation to a dominant culture, generally seen as English-speaking, of European ancestry, and Protestant Christian faith. Asian Americans,^[3] Jews,^[4]^[5] African Americans,^[6] Latinos,^[7] and Deaf people,^[8]^[9] among others, are seen as facing a choice to oppose, be opposed by, assimilate into, acculturate (i.e. exist alongside), or otherwise react to the dominant culture.

References

^ Gordon Marshall (1998). A Dictionary of Sociology. Oxford University Press.
^ Maria Falkenhagen and Inga K. Kelly (May 1974). "The Native American in Juvenile Fiction: Teacher Perception of Stereotypes". Journal of American Indian Education. 13 (2). Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Lisa Lowe (1996). Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-1864-4.
^ Lisa Lowe (review of book by Rabbi Meir Kahane) (2004-02-10). "Why Be Jewish? Intermarriage, Assimilation, and Alienation". The Jewish Eye.
^ Shlomo Sharan (April 2004). "Assimilation, Normalcy and Jewish Self-Hatred". NATIV Online. Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Patricia S. Parker (August 2001). "African American Women Executives' Leadership Communication within Dominant-Culture Organizations: (Re)Conceptualizing Notions of Collaboration and Instrumentality". Management Communication Quarterly. 15 (1).
^ Penelope Bass (2009-01-29). "Culture and Controversy:The 'Otra Voz' exhibit aims to create conversation". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Joan B. Stone, (1998). Ila Parasnis (ed.). Cultural and Language Diversity and the Deaf Experience. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-64565-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
^ Carla A. Halpern (1995). "Listening In on Deaf Culture". Diversity and Distinction. Harvard University.

[1] Gordon Marshall (1998). A Dictionary of Sociology. Oxford University Press.

[2] Maria Falkenhagen and Inga K. Kelly (May 1974). "The Native American in Juvenile Fiction: Teacher Perception of Stereotypes". Journal of American Indian Education. 13 (2). Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] Lisa Lowe (1996). Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-1864-4.

[4] Lisa Lowe (review of book by Rabbi Meir Kahane) (2004-02-10). "Why Be Jewish? Intermarriage, Assimilation, and Alienation". The Jewish Eye.

[5] Shlomo Sharan (April 2004). "Assimilation, Normalcy and Jewish Self-Hatred". NATIV Online. Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[6] Patricia S. Parker (August 2001). "African American Women Executives' Leadership Communication within Dominant-Culture Organizations: (Re)Conceptualizing Notions of Collaboration and Instrumentality". Management Communication Quarterly. 15 (1).

[7] Penelope Bass (2009-01-29). "Culture and Controversy:The 'Otra Voz' exhibit aims to create conversation". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[8] Joan B. Stone, (1998). Ila Parasnis (ed.). Cultural and Language Diversity and the Deaf Experience. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-64565-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

[9] Carla A. Halpern (1995). "Listening In on Deaf Culture". Diversity and Distinction. Harvard University.

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 ===Native American studies===
-In the [[United States]], a distinction is often made between the [[indigenous culture]] of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], and a dominant culture that may be described as "Anglo", "white", "middle class", and so on.  Some Native Americans are seen as being part of the culture of their own [[Native American tribe|tribe]], community, or family, while simultaneously participating in the dominant culture of America as a whole.<ref>{{cite journal|first=|date=May 1974|title=The Native American in Juvenile Fiction: Teacher Perception  of Stereotypes|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120232414/http://jaie.asu.edu/v13/V13S2tea.html|journal=Journal of American Indian Education|volume=13|issue=2|pages=|author=Maria Falkenhagen and Inga K. Kelly}}</ref>
+In the [[United States]], a distinction is often made between the [[indigenous culture]] of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], and a dominant culture that may be described as "Anglo", "white", "middle class", and so on.  Some Native Americans are seen as being part of the culture of their own [[Native American tribe|tribe]], community, or family, while simultaneously participating in the dominant culture of America as a whole.<ref>{{cite journal|first= |date=May 1974 |title=The Native American in Juvenile Fiction: Teacher Perception  of Stereotypes |url=http://jaie.asu.edu/v13/V13S2tea.html |journal=Journal of American Indian Education |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages= |author=Maria Falkenhagen and Inga K. Kelly |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120232414/http://jaie.asu.edu/v13/V13S2tea.html |archivedate=2015-01-20 |df= }}</ref>
 ===Other American groups===
-Ethnic groups are said to exist in the United States in relation to a dominant culture, generally seen as English-speaking, of European ancestry, and Protestant Christian faith.  Asian Americans,<ref>{{cite book|author=Lisa Lowe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZXtZ8lFepsC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71|title=Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics|publisher=Duke University Press|year=1996|isbn=978-0-8223-1864-4}}</ref> Jews,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejewisheye.com/whybejewish.html|title=Why Be Jewish? Intermarriage, Assimilation, and Alienation|date=2004-02-10|publisher=The Jewish Eye|author=Lisa Lowe (review of book by Rabbi [[Meir Kahane]])}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.acpr.org.il/English-NATIV/03-issue/sharan-3.htm|publisher=NATIV Online|title=Assimilation, Normalcy and Jewish Self-Hatred|author=Shlomo Sharan|date=April 2004}}</ref> African Americans,<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ629261&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ629261|title=African American Women Executives' Leadership Communication within Dominant-Culture Organizations: (Re)Conceptualizing Notions of Collaboration and Instrumentality|author=Patricia S. Parker|journal=Management Communication Quarterly|volume=15|issue=1|date=August 2001}}</ref> Latinos,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.flaglive.com/flagstafflive_story.cfm?storyID=189846&sid=122|title=Culture and Controversy:The ‘Otra Voz’ exhibit aims to create conversation|author=Penelope Bass|date=2009-01-29}}{{404|date=April 2017}}</ref> and Deaf people,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fCgibUdWfPkC&pg=PA176|author=Joan B. Stone,|title=Cultural and Language Diversity and the Deaf Experience|editor=Ila Parasnis|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1998|isbn=978-0-521-64565-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.colorado.edu/journals/standards/V5N2/AWARD/halpern2.html|title=Listening In on Deaf Culture|author=Carla A. Halpern|publisher=Harvard University|journal=Diversity and Distinction|year=1995}}</ref> among others, are seen as facing a choice to oppose, be opposed by, [[cultural assimilation|assimilate]] into, [[acculturation|acculturate]] (i.e. exist alongside), or otherwise react to the dominant culture.
+Ethnic groups are said to exist in the United States in relation to a dominant culture, generally seen as English-speaking, of European ancestry, and Protestant Christian faith.  Asian Americans,<ref>{{cite book|author=Lisa Lowe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZXtZ8lFepsC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71|title=Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics|publisher=Duke University Press|year=1996|isbn=978-0-8223-1864-4}}</ref> Jews,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejewisheye.com/whybejewish.html|title=Why Be Jewish? Intermarriage, Assimilation, and Alienation|date=2004-02-10|publisher=The Jewish Eye|author=Lisa Lowe (review of book by Rabbi [[Meir Kahane]])}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.acpr.org.il/English-NATIV/03-issue/sharan-3.htm |publisher=NATIV Online |title=Assimilation, Normalcy and Jewish Self-Hatred |author=Shlomo Sharan |date=April 2004 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203180954/http://acpr.org.il/ENGLISH-NATIV/03-ISSUE/sharan-3.htm |archivedate=2008-12-03 |df= }}</ref> African Americans,<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ629261&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ629261|title=African American Women Executives' Leadership Communication within Dominant-Culture Organizations: (Re)Conceptualizing Notions of Collaboration and Instrumentality|author=Patricia S. Parker|journal=Management Communication Quarterly|volume=15|issue=1|date=August 2001}}</ref> Latinos,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.flaglive.com/flagstafflive_story.cfm?storyID=189846&sid=122 |title=Culture and Controversy:The ‘Otra Voz’ exhibit aims to create conversation |author=Penelope Bass |date=2009-01-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711005116/http://www.flaglive.com/flagstafflive_story.cfm?storyID=189846&sid=122 |archivedate=2011-07-11 |df= }}</ref> and Deaf people,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fCgibUdWfPkC&pg=PA176|author=Joan B. Stone,|title=Cultural and Language Diversity and the Deaf Experience|editor=Ila Parasnis|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1998|isbn=978-0-521-64565-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.colorado.edu/journals/standards/V5N2/AWARD/halpern2.html|title=Listening In on Deaf Culture|author=Carla A. Halpern|publisher=Harvard University|journal=Diversity and Distinction|year=1995}}</ref> among others, are seen as facing a choice to oppose, be opposed by, [[cultural assimilation|assimilate]] into, [[acculturation|acculturate]] (i.e. exist alongside), or otherwise react to the dominant culture.
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