MDSC01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Frankfurt School, Max Horkheimer, Culture Industry
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The text we used in the fall term: What is cultural studies? , in cultural studies as critical theory. Cultural studies (cs) is not just another method for reading cultural texts; Cs has political grounding, its own set of theories, and uses its own research methodologies; There is no single or singular version of cs; Culture: found in every corner of our society; The distinction between high culture and popular culture no longer exists; "culture": in a broad anthropological sense, is any expressive activity contributing to social learning (that helps us understand the world around us); Popular culture: a broad ensemble of everyday practices; The way we understand culture today: influences by the technological expansion after wwii; The ascendance of television, movies and rock music as formative influences (in contrast to the decline of the influence of the traditional patriarchal family on children"s values and behavior); The growing legitimacy of popular culture as a venue of critical activity and intervention;
