CS203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Culture Industry, Frankfurt School, Commodity Fetishism
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Commodities are products stripped clean of the very relationship between producers and produced. In recognizing the commodity, the worker fails to recognize the object has been produced through their very own labour. Without history, it is endowed with a value (exchange) based upon its relationship with other commodities rather than the material relations out of which it was produced. Ultimately, the relations between commodities come to dominate and determine other relations. Represents a blend of commercial culture by high culture. Ex) bugs bunny cartoon: opera clich s, blending popular culture with high culture blurring the boundaries between the two, transgressive act saw this as a problem because the blending of kitsch was undermining authentic culture. Dwight mcdonald on kitsch (cid:862)a parasite, a (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:272)erous gro(cid:449)th o(cid:374) high culture(cid:863) To (cid:271)e fou(cid:374)d i(cid:374) (cid:373)edia (cid:862)i(cid:374)to (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h the serious artist rarel(cid:455) (cid:448)e(cid:374)tures(cid:863) Kits(cid:272)h (cid:858)(cid:373)i(cid:374)es(cid:859) high culture the (cid:449)a(cid:455) i(cid:373)pro(cid:448)ide(cid:374)t fro(cid:374)tiers(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:373)i(cid:374)e the soil, extracting its riches and putting nothing back.
