Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Celebrity Culture, High Culture, Lillian Gish

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Quantifying with numbers and percentages does not necessarily provide a full picture: inferior kinds of work . High culture considered more elitist because less people are interested. To be culturally worthwhile or high brow", it has to be difficult. Pop culture as 2nd best for those who are unable to appreciate real" culture. Important to think about how something may have started as popular but over time has become high culture (and visa versa) I don"t get it ensures exclusivity status. Film noir once despised for being low brow" now the preserve of film clubs. Pavarotti public concert in london"s hyde park has songs on billboard charts: set out to win the favour of people . Something is said to be good because it"s popular. Something is said to be bad for the very same reason. Hopelessly commercial mass produced for mass consumption! Oh, superhero movies do well at the box office?! And then let"s make every commercial product imaginable!