History 2132A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: New York Post, James Fenimore Cooper, George Lippard
13 Dec 2016
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Entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images etc. that are within the mainstream of a given culture. Arena where webs of meaning reflecting how we conceive the world around us is articulated. Accessible for everyone doesn"t belong to a specific group of people. Draws on the most valuable material resources available. Demonstrates the authority and hegemony of the people who support it. Creation of art for the production of power. Not concerned with projecting the power of the state. Comes from different political and economic circumstances. In some cases it can subvert/contest that authority. Difference between pop culture and folk culture pop culture is magnified (not stagnant like folk) Cannot be localized available to the masses. Elements of modernity: urbanization, mass migration, technological innovation. The growth of cities they provide an urban rural divide: pop culture comes from the merging of these two. Provides a population, capital, means to produce and distribute popular culture.
