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Sociology Chapter 24

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Chapter 24 (Gupta and Ferguson) discuses the issue of space, place, location, displacement, community and identity. The chapter mentions that it is taken for granted that each country has its own culture and society, furthermore, the terms “society” and “culture” are associated to nation-states. For example, a tourist wanting to understand Indian-culture in Indian or American-culture in America. In addition, there are problems with assuming isomorphism of place and culture. First, there is a problem with those who live along the border and live a life of boarder crossing. The question becomes, what is the cultures of those individuals that spend half the year in one nation and the other half in another. Addition a second problem is related

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