PCUL 1F92 Lecture : Race and Identity
27 Jan 2012
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Language" of media works to shape our identity. Identity: this is what he was doing through the some like it hot example. E. g. we don"t have control to follow what we want in a film, can"t move the camera. The way it is: key in analyzing popular culture representations, culture is structured and negotiated, we need to recognize these wider forces that give it shape. Race and representation: concern again is with aesthetics, the codes and structures of popular culture, recognizing the mainstream codes can allow us to identify approaches that deviate from them. Pcul1f92 section 1: thursday, january-19-11: gives us a voice in popular culture, to deviate from audience expectations, you need to first understand them, this allows other subjectivities to emerge, a unique pop culture form. Hip hop culture: very recognizable form, one that possibly gives voice to black cultural experience, we don"t want to have totalizing experiences. E. g. there is not one uniform black culture".
