CSCT 1CS3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Conspicuous Consumption, Frankfurt School, Feministing

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
• Course: CSCT 1CS3
• Professor: Susan Fast

Document Summary

More cultured": there is a distinct working-class way of life , culture is nor bourgeois culture. It is not solely one by one group. : for most people, culture" is extraordinary, set apart from daily life. it is either synonymous to art, something elevated and lofty, of refers to other people". In other words culture is either aesthetics or anthropology : raymond williams. It is a whole way of life (page 93 paragraph: traditional and creative. Culture is more than just stagnant, it is also growing and changing: culture is the way people go about their everyday lives. We try and shift our social standing or class belonging as we get: a sense of alienation with the rise of industrialization. Disconnected people; from their families, friends, etc: the value of commercial culture; the equation of this culture with the people who consume it: bad" culture. Suited to satisfy the masses its trash, bad for us".