RE105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Raymond Williams, Cultural Studies, Canadian Identity
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Feeling(cid:499) of various social cultures: structure of feeling is the sense of identity, we understand how the culture understands themselves, importance to whether is be shakespeare or romance novels, great operas or. There is not one identity bc canada is filled with a diversity of ppl, differences in economic, political racial identities etc: hard to pinpoint an identity, there are multiple identities. Cultural studies is about trying to determine the various structures of feelings (identities) that shape and are shaped by the documentary culture of that group. If (cid:494)x(cid:495) creates this film, how does someone who is one identity going to understand the film compared to someone with a completely different identity. What feelings are embedded in the film, identities. Develops notion of thinking about the meaning behind any popular cultural item. Ask questions about producer and consumer: depends on who funds it, who. Do you experience film differently in different settings, and are with different groups/ epidemics of ppl.
