VM200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Crime Film, Classical Hollywood Cinema, Melodrama
16 Apr 2018
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)n classical marxist theory, people construct society in a base/superstructure model. base: is economic/material, the primary and crucial organizing factor of a human society. )t establishes fundamental class identities, alliances, and material interests according to who owns, controls, and profits from the base mode of production. Class divisions are established based on who owns and controls the means of production and who labors within it. Superstructure: determined by the dominant mode of production. )t includes the arrangement of political and legal systems, culture, and ideology (cid:523)including belief systems such as philosophy, religion, and morals(cid:524). The organization of superstructure manifested and expresses the dominant interest the control of economic & productive practices and material interests. Superstructure not only organized in line with the interests of the ruling class (cid:523)who owns/controls the means of production(cid:524), but also functions to sustain and perpetuate the current dominant mode of production.
