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#REDIRECT [[Third culture]] |
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A '''third culture''' is a close-knit [[subculture]] that emerges, internationally, among people with unifying interests. The subculture is described as "third" because people in these cultures usually have ties to more than one primary culture, developing weak ties to all of them but strong ties, usually, only to those within their small subculture. |
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The most notable third cultures emerge among young people who spent a considerable portion of childhood and adolescence in a country different from that of their cultural nationality. (See: [[third culture kid]].) Others have emerged in the contexts such as [[business]], [[games]] like [[chess]] at the championship level, and [[math contest | contest math]]. International students at universities |
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Subcultures that do not involve international interaction, and especially those confined within one country, are generally not third cultures. However, since third cultures are usually associated with [[privilege]] or [[prestige (sociology) | prestige]], which are defined as this and which are not is sometimes considered a matter of elitism. |
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== See also == |
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* [[Cosmopolitan]] |
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