JRN 375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Biz Markie, Concept Album, American Authors
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Cultural producers tend to work collectively in collaborative circles and other social groups and their creations are modeled in accordance with prevailing cultural conventions and social expectations. His or her output also reflects its social context. We are more likely to think about songs as cultural and aesthetic entities unto themselves than as component parts of albums or cds. Again" without first acquiring permission from copyright owners: today sampling requires digging into the public domain for available recordings or else releasing cds and digital files featuring mash-ups and remixes as illegal bootlegs available online. The invention of class cultures in america cultural conventions like highbrow and lowbrow are socially fabricated. These change over time back in the day everyone went to shakespeare productions (common peoples) now those that enjoy shakespeare are seen as highclass. invention of class cultures required conscious efforts at boundary maintenance and social exclusion. History of race in ads reveals how identity is socially constructed.
