Women's Studies 2161A/B Midterm: 2161 MIdterm Notes
16 Mar 2018
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Lecture #1: gender, celebrity, diversity, and pop culture. Definitions which, in their different ways, inform the study of popular culture. 2) inferior kinds of work- low brow". 3) work that deliberately sets out to win favour of people. 4) culture is actually made by the people for themselves. 5) post modern influence: well liked by many. Something thats well liked by everyone: ex. 8. 2 million people watched finale got season 5, adele sold 3 mill. opening week. High culture: ex. opera. museums modern art: seen as (less people interested in this) Can start as low and overtime become higher form of art and opposite can happen: ex. Film noir: when came out in 40s and 50s it was heavily criticized, seen as low kind of film, but now preserved by film clubs. Example of both: pavarotti: he becomes accessible to the every-man, become more mainstream, after public concert in.
