Material Culture Has Symbolic Aspects and Symbolic Culture Manifest in Material

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Essay

Material culture has symbolic aspects and symbolic culture manifest in material objects.Briefly explain what is included in material culture and what is included in symbolic culture.Then provide one example of a cultural object,and explain this object in terms of both material and symbolic culture.

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Definitions:

SPDR

Specialty financial products known as Spider, they are exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that attempt to mimic the performance of a specific index, such as the S&P 500.

Spider

A nickname for SPDR (Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts), a type of exchange-traded fund that mimics the performance of the S&P 500.

12b-1 Charges

Fees associated with mutual funds, charged annually for fund distribution and marketing costs, embedded in the fund's expense ratio.

Fund Assets

Financial resources under the control of an investment fund, including cash, securities, and other investments.